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Table 4 Factors associated with multimorbidity by sex and age groups

From: Impact of multimorbidity: acute morbidity, area of residency and use of health services across the life span in a region of south Europe

Female

 

19-24

25-44

45-64

65-79

80+

 

OR

95% CI

P-value

OR

95% CI

P-value

OR

95% CI

P-value

OR

95% CI

P-value

OR

95% CI

P-value

Number of acute diseases(ref.0)

  

0.030

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

1

0.94

0.89-0.99

 

0.88

0.86-0.90

 

0.82

0.80-0.84

 

0.98

0.92-1.03

 

1.16

1.05-1.28

 

2

0.95

0.89-1.01

 

0.86

0.83-0.88

 

0.76

0.73-0.78

 

1.05

0.96-1.15

 

1.54

1.31-1.80

 

≥3

1.02

0.95-1.09

 

0.89

0.87-0.92

 

0.78

0.75-0.81

 

1.29

1.14-1.46

 

1.99

1.59-2.47

 

Rural area (ref. urban)

0.94

0.89-0.99

0.025

0.94

0.92-0.96

<0.001

0.80

0.78-0.82

<0.001

0.69

0.65-0.73

<0.001

0.76

0.70-0.83

<0.001

Number of visits (ref. 0)

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

1-2

2.09

1.93-2.26

 

2.34

2.28-2.14

 

3.40

3.30-3.51

 

3.62

3.38-3.87

 

3.41

3.08-3.78

 

3-5

3.52

3.25-3.80

 

4.04

3.93-4.15

 

7.54

7.31-7.77

 

10.18

9.54-10.86

 

8.36

7.55-9.27

 

6-10

5.69

5.25-6.17

 

7.11

6.91-7.32

 

16.28

15.76-16.81

 

25.98

24.28-27.80

 

18.86

16.99-20.94

 

≥11

9.93

9.09-10.85

 

14.52

14.05-14.99

 

43.03

41.39-44.73

 

90.81

83.74-98.48

 

45.19

40.69-50.19

 

Male

 

19-24

25-44

45-64

65-79

80+

 

OR

95% CI

P-value

OR

95% CI

P-value

OR

95% CI

P-value

OR

95% CI

P-value

OR

95% CI

P-value

Number of acute diseases(ref.0)

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

0.590

1

0.78

0.73-0.83

 

0.71

0.70-0.73

 

0.67

0.65-0.69

 

0.84

0.80-0.89

 

1.07

0.95-1.21

 

2

0.79

0.73-0.86

 

0.64

0.62-0.66

 

0.58

0.56-0.60

 

0.78

0.72-0.85

 

1.08

0.89-1.31

 

≥3

0.76

0.69-0.83

 

0.60

0.58-0.62

 

0.55

0.52-0.57

 

0.86

0.77-0.97

 

1.12

0.88-1.42

 

Rural area (ref. urban)

0.94

0.88-1.00

0.045

0.95

0.93-0.97

<0.001

0.87

0.85-0.89

<0.001

0.71

0.68-0.75

<0.001

0.79

0.71-0.88

<0.001

Number of visits (ref. 0)

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

1-2

2.32

2.15-2.50

 

2.67

2.60-2.75

 

3.57

3.47-3.67

 

3.58

3.35-3.82

 

3.33

2.89-3.85

 

3-5

3.93

3.64-4.25

 

5.18

5.04-5.33

 

8.20

7.97-8.43

 

9.66

9.06-10.30

 

8.62

7.50-9.92

 

6-10

6.51

5.97-7.09

 

9.62

9.33-9.92

 

17.78

17.24-18.34

 

24.51

22.93-26.19

 

22.07

19.13-25.47

 

≥11

10.86

9.82-12.01

 

20.58

19.86-21.32

 

45.13

43.43-46.90

 

76.41

70.68-82.60

 

51.32

44.49-59.19

 
  1. Logistic regression.
  2. Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, ref. reference.