Association of multimorbidity with mortality after stroke stratified by age, severity, etiology, and prior disability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity is common in patients with stroke and is associated with increased medium- to long-term mortality, but its value for clinical decision-making and case-mix adjustment will depend on other factors, such as age, stroke severity, etiological subtype, prior disability, and vascular risk factors.

Aims

In the absence of previous studies, we related multimorbidity to long-term post-stroke mortality with stratification by these factors.

Methods

In patients ascertained in a population-based stroke incidence study (Oxford Vascular Study; 2002-2017), we related pre-stroke multimorbidity (weighted/unweighted Charlson comorbidity index (CCI)) to all-cause/vascular/non-vascular mortality (1/5/10 years) using regression models adjusted/stratified by age, sex

SUBMITTER: Downer MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10903144 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature