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Table 6 Association of single morbidity, morbidity clusters, and cluster interactions with hospitalization 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

Model 3 Iinteractions between morbidity clusters

Predictors

OR (95% CI); p

Predictors

OR (95% CI); p

Predictors

OR (95% CI); p

No. of GP visits

1.4 (1.2-1.6); <0.001

No. of GP visits

1.3 (1.1-1.6); <0.001

Sheltered accommodation/ Nursing home

2.5 (1.0-5.9); 0.044

Heart failure

3.4 (1.6-7.3); 0.002

Cluster 2

0.4 (0.2-0.8); 0.006

No. of GP visits

1.4 (1.2-1.6); <0.001

Urinary incontinence

0.4 (0.2-0.8); 0.012

Cluster 3

1.7 (1.2-2.4); 0.004

Cluster 3

2.3 (1.5-3.5); <0.001

    

Cluster 2* Cluster 3

0.5 (0.3-0.8); 0.005

Nagelkerke R2

0.19

Nagelkerke R2

0.193

Nagelkerke R2

0.213

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