Table 2 Distribution of cardiovascular risk factors by multimorbidity and non-multimorbidity groups (1,749,710 adult patients, Catalonia, 2010)
Multimorbidity group | Non-multimorbidity group | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiovascular morbidity | Non-cardiovascular morbidity | |||
(n = 442,816) | (n = 375,355) | (n = 931,539) | (N = 1,749,710) | |
Major modifiable cardiovascular risk factors | ||||
Smoking (n = 1,329,331) | 15.1 | 33.3 | 39.0 | 29.9 |
Hypertension (n = 1,749,710) | 75.9 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 20.2 |
Hypercholesterolemia (n = 1,749,710) | 47.7 | 31.8 | 3.2 | 20.6 |
Diabetes (n = 1,749,710) | 22.8 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 7.6 |
Other factors | ||||
Hypertriglyceridemia (n = 190,159) | 27.8 | 24.9 | 18.2 | 24.9 |
Obesity (n = 1,749,710) | 24.5 | 15.5 | 1.8 | 10.5 |
Alcoholism (n = 577,213) | 28.2 | 29.8 | 32.4 | 29.9 |
Sum of major factors (median, [IQR]) (n = 1,329,331) | 2 [1;2] | 1 [0;1] | 0 [0;1] | 1 [0;1] |
Cardiovascular risk score (REGICOR) (median, [IQR]) (n = 264,773)a | 4 [3;7] | 3 [2;5] | 2 [1;4] | 4 [2;6] |
Cardiovascular risk score (REGICOR) (n = 264,773)a | ||||
Low | 60.6 | 74.6 | 84.5 | 67.4 |
Moderate | 30.1 | 20.5 | 13.4 | 25.4 |
High | 6.9 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 5.4 |
Very high | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 |