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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Prevalence of self-reported multimorbidity in the general population and in primary care practices: a cross-sectional study

 

Mean (SD)

p

General population n = 1718

Primary care n = 789

Age, year

51.3 (12.5)

53.0 (12.9)

0.002

Number of chronic conditions

2.6 (2.5)

3.3 (2.8)

<0.001

 Chronic conditions in subgroup MM 2+

4.1 (2.1)

4.6 (2.4)

<0.001

 Chronic conditions in subgroup MM 3+

4.9 (2.0)

5.3 (2.3)

0.002

DBMA score

4.9 (6.0)

6.9 (7.7)

<0.001

 DBMA in subgroup DBMA 10+

15.6 (6.3)

17.2 (7.8)

0.017

 

N (%)

p

Males

699 (40.7)

253 (32.1)

<0.001

Education level

 Incomplete secondary school or lower

378 (22.0)

153 (19.4)

0.097

 Completed secondary school

521 (30.3)

263 (33.3)

 College

393 (22.9)

189 (24.0)

 University

418 (24.3)

164 (20.8)

 Missing data

8 (0.5)

20 (2.5)

Socio-economic classes

 Elite group

338 (19.7)

155 (19.6)

0.317

 Middle-high

737 (42.9)

335 (42.5)

 Middle-low

345 (20.1)

138 (17.5)

 Low

230 (13.4)

122 (15.5)

 Missing data

68 (4.0)

39 (4.9)

  1. DBMA disease burden morbidity assessment; MM 2+ subjects with two or more chronic conditions; MM 3+ subjects with three or more chronic conditions; DBMA 10+ subjects with DBMA score of 10 or higher