Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among the elderly in China: a cross-sectional study using national survey data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Examination of the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among the elderly in China.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

More than 10 000 households in 28 of the 34 provinces of mainland China.

Participants

11 707 Chinese adults aged 60 and over.

Primary outcome measures

Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among the participants. Relative risks were calculated to estimate the probability of up to 14 chronic conditions coexisting with each other. Observed-to-expected (O/E) ratios were used to analyse the patterns of multimorbidity.

Results

Multimorbidity was present in 43.6% of respondents from the sample population, with women having the greater prevalence compared with men. There were 804 different comorbidity combinations

SUBMITTER: Zhang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6701688 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature