A National Population Study of the Co-Occurrence of Multiple Long-Term Conditions in People With Multimorbidity, Denmark, 2013

Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 Jan 28:13:E12. doi: 10.5888/pcd13.150404.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of pairwise combinations of 17 long-term conditions. Data were obtained from a national, representative population-based study including 162,283 Danish citizens aged 16 years or older. We calculated the prevalence of each long-term condition given the presence of another long-term condition. Compared with the general population, people with angina pectoris had more than twice the odds of having 12 of the 16 other long-term conditions, and inversely, people with cancer, tinnitus, or cataracts did not have notably higher odds for any of the other long-term conditions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Arthritis / complications*
  • Arthritis / epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / complications*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
  • Comorbidity*
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Denmark / epidemiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / complications*
  • Mental Disorders / epidemiology
  • Neoplasms / complications*
  • Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases / complications*
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases / epidemiology
  • Young Adult