Epidemiology of multimorbidity associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the United States, 1999-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The multimorbidity of Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and many other chronic conditions is becoming common. This study aimed to assess multimorbidity distribution in ASCVD among adults in the United States from 1999 to 2018.

Methods

This cross-sectional survey from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2018 using stratified multistage probability design. Among the 53,083 survey respondents during the study period, 5,729 US adults aged ≥ 20 years with ASCVD. Joinpoint regression was used to assess the statistical significance of prevalence trends in the prevalence of ASCVD stratified by multimorbidity. The Apriori association rule mining algorithm was used to identify common multimorbidity association patterns in ASCVD pa

SUBMITTER: Tian Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804461 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature