Latent class analyses of multimorbidity and all-cause mortality: A prospective study in Chilean adults.

ABSTRACT: Multimorbidity patterns can lead to differential risks for all-cause mortality. Within the Chilean context, research on morbidity and mortality predominantly emphasizes individual diseases or combinations thereof, rather than specific disease clusters. This study aimed to identify multimorbidity patterns, along with their associations with mortality, within a representative sample of the Chilean population. 3,701 participants aged ≥18 from the Chilean National Health Survey 2009-2010 were included in this prospective study. Multimorbidity patterns were identified from 16 chronic conditions and then classified using latent class analyses. All-cause mortality data were extracted from the Chilean Civil Registry. The association of classes with all-cause mortality was carried out using Cox pro

SUBMITTER: Nazar G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729966 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature