Table 2.

List of 15 most common reduced sequences.

Disease order	Frequency	Percentage (%)
No → CVD → diabetes + CVD	540	9
No → diabetes → diabetes + CVD	500	8
CVD → diabetes + CVD	420	7
Diabetes → diabetes + CVD	360	6
No → CVD → CVD + cancer → death	350	6
CVD → CVD + cancer → death	310	5
No → CVD → CVD + cancer	290	5
Cancer → CVD + cancer	260	4
No → cancer → CVD + cancer	230	4
No → cancer → CVD + cancer → death	220	3
No → diabetes + CVD	210	3
Cancer → CVD + cancer → death	200	3
CVD → CVD + cancer	190	3
No → diabetes → diabetes + cancer	170	3
Diabetes → diabetes + CVD → death	170	3
All others	1,880	30
Total	6,300	100

Source: Scottish Longitudinal Study.