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Table 2 Example of multimorbidity pattern: neuropsychiatric pattern considering observed/expected ratio in one cluster across women aged 65–79 years

From: Multimorbidity patterns in the elderly: a prospective cohort study with cluster analysis

Neuropsychiatric pattern

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Number of persons in the cluster

n = 8242

n = 7493

n = 6770

n = 6042

n = 5360

n = 4688

Persons stable in the pattern. n(%)

8242a (100)

7210a (87.5)

6297a (76.4)

5386a (65.4)

4536a (55.0)

3503a (42.5)

ICPC2

Diagnoses

Prevb (%)

O/E rc

Prevb (%)

O/E rc

Prevb (%)

O/E rc

Prevb (%)

O/E rc

Prevb (%)

O/E rc

Prevb (%)

O/E rc

K86

Hypertension, uncomplicated

70.4

1.02

69.8

1.02

68.7

1.01

68.6

1.03

68.6

1.04

70.8

1.09

T93

Lipid disorder

67.6

1.17

68.4

1.18

68.1

1.17

67.9

1.16

68.4

1.17

70.6

1.21

P76

Depressive disorder

53.5

1.96

53.7

1.97

53.1

1.95

53.4

1.97

51.3

1.90

49.2

1.86

L95

Osteoporosis

39.5

1.21

39.9

1.22

40.0

1.23

39.3

1.22

39.2

1.24

39.2

1.27

P70

Dementia

32.4

5.98

30.8

6.31

30.1

6.79

27.9

7.05

25.4

7.33

21.0

6.94

L91

Osteoarthritis. other

31.8

1.18

31.1

1.16

30.1

1.13

30.4

1.16

29.5

1.14

29.3

1.15

T90

Diabetes. non-insulin dependent

31.0

1.38

30.9

1.40

30.6

1.40

32.8

1.52

33.7

1.60

37.4

1.81

F92

Cataract

29.4

1.15

29.2

1.16

29.1

1.18

29.2

1.22

28.2

1.23

26.4

1.22

K90

Stroke/cerebrovascular accident

23.5

4.81

23.1

4.94

22.4

5.02

21.5

5.11

20.2

5.08

16.9

4.50

P71

Organic psychosis, other

16.0

5.72

16.2

6.06

16.0

6.25

15.8

6.46

15.5

6.61

14.6

6.66

K76

Ischaemic heart disease without angina

13.9

4.27

13.9

4.47

13.6

4.57

14.2

5.04

15.4

5.68

17.9

7.00

K91

Cerebrovascular disease

12.9

6.05

12.5

6.11

12.4

6.23

12.4

6.33

12.4

6.55

11.5

6.36

N87

Parkinsonism

12.8

6.62

11.9

6.51

12.2

7.00

11.6

7.12

11.7

7.47

11.1

7.72

N99

Neurological disease, other

11.6

4.63

11.9

4.85

11.8

4.88

11.8

5.00

11.0

4.78

10.7

4.86

K92

Atherosclerosis/ peripheral vascular disease

9.6

3.08

9.6

3.17

9.6

3.30

9.6

3.45

9.4

3.47

11.4

4.36

K89

Transient cerebral ischaemia

9.3

3.67

9.1

3.74

8.6

3.69

8.7

3.90

8.0

3.77

6.9

3.45

K74

Ischaemic heart disease with angina

8.7

3.84

8.9

3.97

8.6

4.03

9.0

4.48

9.1

4.81

11.4

6.54

K75

Acute myocardial infarction

7.9

4.79

8.0

5.11

7.7

5.16

7.8

5.60

8.7

6.53

9.6

7.61

N88

Epilepsy

6.4

5.83

6.5

6.08

6.9

6.45

6.6

6.27

6.4

6.28

B81

Anaemia. Vit B12/folate deficiency

4.0

2.83

3.7

2.74

3.6

2.78

3.5

2.86

3.5

3.09

2.9

2.80

F83

Retinopathy

5.5

2.12

5.9

2.32

7.2

2.87

7.2

2.96

9.8

4.13

N94

Peripheral neuritis/neuropathy

5.3

2.15

5.5

2.28

7.0

2.98

T82

Obesity

21.1

0.72

21.8

0.74

23.0

0.79

B82

Anaemia. other/unspecified

13.1

2.09

13.9

2.46

F84

Macular degeneration

3.2

2.24

  1. aPeople who stay in the same cluster during the period of study
  2. bPrev: prevalence
  3. cO/E r: observed/expected ratio. Italic numbers indicate O/E r ≥ 2