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Table 4 Number and percent of individuals with multimorbitiy (i.e. at least two diseases) in each cluster

From: Impact of prenatal and childhood adversity effects around World War II on multimorbidity: results from the KORA-Age study

Cluster

Total (1,667)

Sex

Birth phases

Male (788)

Female (879)

P-value

Pre-war (370)

Early war (561)

Late war (176)

Famine (310)

After famine (250)

P-value

Joint. Neuro. Anxiety. Depression

78 (4.7%)

22 (2.8%)

56 (6.4%)

 < 0.001

26 (7%)

34 (6.1%)

2 (1.1%)

9 (2.9%)

7 (2.8%)

0.002

Heart. Stroke. Diabetes. Hypertension

818 (49.1%)

456 (57.9%)

362 (41.2%)

 < 0.001

195 (52.7%)

258 (46%)

93 (52.8%)

156 (50.3%)

116 (46.4%)

 < 0.001

Lung. Gastro. Kidney. Liver

106 (6.4%)

44 (5.6%)

62 (7.1%)

0.218

20 (5.4%)

31 (5.5%)

17 (9.7%)

19 (6.1%)

19 (7.6%)

0.051

  1. P-value from Chi-square test for categorical variables. Phases were defined based on participant’s critical developmental age (prenatal gestation or the first two years of life) and the World War II situation in Germany