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Table 4 Association of single morbidity and morbidity clusters with ER visits in women

From: Multimorbidity patterns of and use of health services by Swedish 85-year-olds: an exploratory study

Model 1 single morbidity

Model 2 morbidity clusters

Predictors

OR (95% CI); p

Predictors

OR (95% CI); p

Low working status

reference

Cluster 3

1.5 (1.1-2); 0.021

Middle working status

2.2 (1.1-4.1); 0.018

No. of GP visits

1.4 (1.2-1.6); <0.001

High working status

3.5 (1.1-11.3); 0.036

  

Heart failure

3 (1.3-6.9); 0.01

  

Arrhythmia

2.2 (1–4.8); 0.05

  

Diabetes

0.3 (0.1-0.9); 0.027

  

No. of GP visits

1.3 (1.1-1.6); <0.001

  

Nagelkerke R2

0.219

Nagelkerke R2

0.143

  1. Odds Ratios (ORs) with 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) in parentheses and p-value are shown.
  2. GP: General Practioner;
  3. Cluster3: myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, heart failure, COPD/asthma, and osteoporosis.
  4. Predictors excluded in model 1: type of housing, marital status, level of education, no. of used assistive tecknology, no. of used assistance service, self-rated health, hyperlipidemia, thrombosis/PVD, hypertension, stroke, urinary incontinence, osteoarthritis, myocardial infarction, COPD/asthma, osteoporosis, malignancy, thyroid dysfunction, dementia, and affective disorder.
  5. Predictors excluded in model 2: type of housing, marital status, level of education, working status, no. of used assistive tecknology, no. of used assistance service, self-rated health, Cluster 1, Cluster 2, Cluster 4, and Cluster 5.
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BMC Geriatrics

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