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Table 1 Overall description of population characteristics during baseline and by distinct disease clusters

From: Assessing the relationship between multimorbidity, NCD configurations, frailty phenotypes, and mortality risk in older adults

n (% [n])

All*

NCD configurations (n = 2,607)

No NCDs

Neuro-Psychiatric

Metabolic

Cardiovascular

Mixt

236 (9%)**

242 (9%)**

806 (31%)**

296 (11%)**

1,027 (39%)**

General characteristics

Age (N)

2,662

236

242

806

296

1,027

Years

76.5 (± 10.4)

76.2 (± 10.6)

74.8 (± 10.1)

74.3 (± 9.3)

78.4 (± 9.5)

77.2 (± 10.3)

p10 - p90

64–90

63–90

63–87

63–86

65–90

64–90

Sex

      

N

2,662

236

242

806

296

1,027

Male

1,217 (46%)

165 (70%)

93 (38%)

422 (52%)

155 (52%)

354 (35%)

Female

1,445 (54%)

71 (30%)

149 (62%)

384 (48%)

141 (48%)

673 (66%)

Marital status

      

N

2,653

233

241

805

295

1,026

No sentimental partner

1,350 (51%)

109 (47%)

123 (51%)

357 (44%)

154 (52%)

565 (55%)

Married

1,303 (49%)

124 (53%)

118 (49%)

448 (56%)

141 (48%)

461 (45%)

Education

      

N

2,662

236

242

806

296

1,027

Elementary -

2,315 (87%)

199 (84%)

212 (88%)

693 (86%)

266 (90%)

891 (87%)

Secondary +

347 (13%)

37 (16%)

30 (12%)

113 (14%)

30 (10%)

136 (13%)

Health characteristics

NCD Frequency

     

N

2,607

236

242

806

296

1,027

0

236 (9%)

100%

-

-

-

-

1

564 (22%)

-

51 (21%)

383 (48%)

23 (8%)

107 (10%)

2

689 (26%)

-

66 (27%)

315 (39%)

90 (30%)

218 (21%)

>= 3

1,118 (43%)

-

125 (52%)

108 (13%)

183 (62%)

702 (68%)

C-reactive protein

      

N

2,463

199

228

758

267

960

< 10 mg/dl

2,128 (86%)

178 (89%)

206 (90%)

670 (88%)

236 (88%)

796 (83%)

>=10 mg/dl

335 (14%)

21 (11%)

22 (10%)

88 (12%)

31 (12%)

164 (17%)

Frailty characteristics

Frailty phenotype

      

N

2,658

234

241

806

296

1,026

Robust

423 (16%)

67 (29%)

29 (12%)

190 (24%)

34 (12%)

103 (10%)

Pre-frail

1,786 (67%)

151 (65%)

165 (69%)

531 (66%)

202 (68%)

698 (68%)

Frail

449 (17%)

16 (7%)

47 (20%)

85 (11%)

60 (20%)

225 (22%)

ADL scalea(N)

2,658

233

242

805

296

1,027

Basic disability

(0-100)

15.9 (± 26.9)

9.1 (± 23.0)

16.3 (± 28.0)

8.4 (± 17.8)

21.4 (± 31.3)

19.7 (± 28.7)

p10 - p90

0–62

0–25

0–62

0–18

0–78

0–78

Cognitive scaleb (N)

2,659

235

242

805

295

1,027

MMSE (0-100)

84.1 (± 12.8)

84.4 (± 13.2)

83.6 (± 12.4)

86.3 (± 11.8)

81.9 (± 13.1)

83.9 (± 13.0)

p10 - p90

64–96

65–96

64–96

68–96

63–96

64–96

  1. * N = 2,662 (including losses to follow-up). **: Mean (± SD); n (%)
  2. a: Activity of Daily Living standardized scores; b: Mini-Mental State Examination standardized scores