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[Multimorbidity patterns in young adults in Catalonia: an analysis of clusters].
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of disease clusters in multimorbidity.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
- Social determinants of multimorbidity patterns: A systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Charting the Pathways of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trajectories.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Maternal multimorbidity and preterm birth in Scotland: an observational record-linkage study.BMC medicine · 2023Observational
- Social inequalities in multimorbidity patterns in Europe: A multilevel latent class analysis using the European Social Survey (ESS).SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Effect of socio-demographic and health factors on the association between multimorbidity and acute care service use: population-based survey linked to health administrative data.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Does socioeconomic inequality occur in the multimorbidity among Brazilian adults?Revista de saude publica · 2020Article
- Co-prescription patterns of cardiovascular preventive treatments: a cross-sectional study in the Aragon worker' health study (Spain).BMJ open · 2019Article
- Comparative analysis of methods for identifying multimorbidity patterns: a study of 'real-world' data.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases and Multimorbidity in a Primary Care Context of Central Argentina: A Web-Based Interactive and Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Patterns of community follow-up, subsequent health service use and survival among young and mid-life adults discharged from chronic care hospitals: a retrospective cohort study.BMC health services research · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to identify multimorbidity patterns in patients from 19 to 44 years attended in primary care in Catalonia in 2010.
designCross-sectional study.
setting251 primary care centres.
participants530,798 people with multimorbidity, aged 19 to 44 years.
main outcome measuresMultimorbidity was defined as the coexistence of ≥2 more International Classification system (ICD-10) registered in the electronic health record. Multimorbidity patterns were identified using hierarchical cluster analysis and by sex and age group (19-24 and 25-44).
resultsOf the 882,708 people from initial population, 530,798 (60.1%) accomplished multimorbidity criterion. Mean age was 33.0 years (SD: 7.0) and 53.3% were women. Multimorbidity was higher in the 25-to 44-years-old group with respect the younger group (60.5 vs. 58.1%, p<0.001), being higher in women. Most prevalent cluster in all groups included, among others, by dental caries, smoking, dorsalgia, common cold and other anxiety disorders. For both sexes in the 25-to 44-years-old group appeared the cardiovascular-endocrine-metabolic pattern (obesity, lipid disorders and arterial hypertension).
conclusionsMultimorbidity affects more than half of persons between 19 to 44-years-old. The most prevalent cluster is formed by grouping common diseases (dental caries, common cold, smoking, anxiety disorders and dorsalgias). Another pattern to highlight is the cardiovascular-endocrine-metabolic pattern in the 25- to 44 years-old group. Knowledge of patterns of multimorbidity in young adults could be used to design individualized preventive strategies.
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