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Table 1 Number of diseases for patients 45–64 years old, stratified by sex, Catalonia, 2010*

From: Multimorbidity patterns with K-means nonhierarchical cluster analysis

 

Women

n (%)

217,823 (82.2)

Men

n (%)

191,171 (73.9)

Number of diagnoses

 2

26,106 (12.0)

33,850 (17.7)

 3

28,243 (13.0)

33,515 (17.5)

 4

28,274 (13.0)

30,356 (15.9)

 ≥ 5

135,200 (62.1)

93,450 (48.9)

Median number of diagnoses (IQR)

5 (4–8)

4 (3–7)

Number of diagnoses included

79

73

  1. Abbreviations: IQR inter-quartile range
  2. *Included in the analysis N = 523,656, people with ≥2 diagnoses; 408,994 (78.1%)
  3. Two sample test of proportions; all p-values< 0.001
  4. Mann-Whitney test; P < 0.001