Table 4 Chronic diseases by cluster
From: Association between chronic diseases and falls among a sample of older people in Finland
Cluster | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Label | Low chronic disease | Elevated blood pressure | Coronary artery disease | Asthma | Hypothyroidism | Osteoporosis | Blood circulation problems in legs | Multiple chronic disease | |
N | 138 | 227 | 100 | 64 | 59 | 176 | 66 | 32 | 862 |
Diseases | |||||||||
Diabetes | 0.7% | 33.5% | 42.0% | 12.5% | 39.0% | 17.6% | 22.7% | 84.4% | 25.9% |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 0.0% | 7.5% | 2.0% | 9.4% | 0.0% | 4.0% | 0.0% | 12.5% | 4.2% |
Coronary artery disease | 0.0% | 5.3% | 88.0% | 17.2% | 3.4% | 9.1% | 22.7% | 59.4% | 18.9% |
Elevated blood pressure | 1.4% | 69.6% | 58.0% | 57.8% | 49.2% | 48.3% | 43.9% | 87.5% | 49.4% |
Blood circulation problems in the brain | 0.0% | 8.8% | 6.0% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 7.4% | 1.5% | 43.8% | 6.7% |
Blood circulation problems in the legs | 0.0% | 3.5% | 5.0% | 15.6% | 10.2% | 11.4% | 100.0% | 78.1% | 16.2% |
hypothyroidism | 0.0% | 4.0% | 15.0% | 14.1% | 98.3% | 5.7% | 7.6% | 28.1% | 13.3% |
Cancer | 0.0% | 18.1% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 7.6% | 31.3% | 8.4% |
Asthma | 0.0% | 1.8% | 6.0% | 95.3% | 6.8% | 9.1% | 4.5% | 40.6% | 12.4% |
COPD | 0.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 17.2% | 1.7% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 31.3% | 3.7% |
Heart failure | 0.0% | 4.8% | 37.0% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 2.8% | 6.1% | 71.9% | 10.0% |
Osteoporosis | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 8.5% | 27.8% | 3.0% | 18.8% | 7.5% |
Moderate or severe cognitive impairment | 2.9% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 5.7% | 0.0% | 12.5% | 2.8% |
Mild cognitive impairment | 0.0% | 21.6% | 11.0% | 9.4% | 8.5% | 8.5% | 9.1% | 53.1% | 12.6% |
Depression | 0.0% | 2.6% | 6.0% | 9.4% | 5.1% | 8.0% | 0.0% | 21.9% | 4.9% |