ArticleBMJ open2017
Multimorbidity as an important issue among women: results of a gender difference investigation in a large population-based cross-sectional study in West Asia.
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- Sex differences in multimorbidity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of Multimorbidity in the Middle East: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Community prevalence and dyad disease pattern of multimorbidity in China and India: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2022Pooled it
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- Cardiometabolic multimorbidity prevalence and its socio-demographic determinants among Iranian adults: insights from the nationwide STEPS 2021.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Prevalence of physical comorbidities and multimorbidity in Borderline Personality Disorder: risk factors and comparisons with schizophrenia and healthy controls.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Mapping the evidence on the intersection of gender and social determinants of health in health inequality: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The association between subjective well-being and physical-psychological-cognitive multimorbidity: a longitudinal analysis of a nationally representative survey.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Weight Change and Accumulation of Chronic Conditions in Women During Reproductive Years.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Article
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- Investigating multimorbidity patterns and associated risk factors in the fasa adults cohort study (FACS): A latent class analysis.PloS one · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities, substance use, and chronic multimorbidity in Kiambu and Nakuru counties in Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Sex disparity in the burden of NCDs and its four main subgroups in Iran 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the global burden of disease study 2019.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2024Article
- Trends in prevalence of multimorbidity for chronic diseases in China: serial cross-sectional surveys from 2009 to 2018.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the impact of gender on multimorbidity in northern Iran.
designA cross-sectional analysis of the Golestan cohort data.
settingGolestan Province, Iran. STUDY POPULATION: 49 946 residents (age 40-75 years) of Golestan Province, Iran.
main outcome measuresResearchers collected data related to multimorbidity, defined as co-existence of two or more chronic diseases in an individual, at the beginning of a representative cohort study which recruited its participants from 2004 to 2008. The researchers utilised simple and multiple Poisson regression models with robust variances to examine the simultaneous effects of multiple factors.
resultsWomen had a 25.0% prevalence of multimorbidity, whereas men had a 13.4% prevalence (p<0.001). Women of all age-groups had a higher prevalence of multimorbidity. Of note, multimorbidity began at a lower age (40-49 years) in women (17.3%) compared with men (8.6%) of the same age (p<0.001). This study identified significant interactions between gender as well as socioeconomic status, ethnicity, physical activity, marital status, education level and smoking (p<0.01).
conclusionPrevention and control of multimorbidity requires health promotion programmes to increase public awareness about the modifiable risk factors, particularly among women.
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