Table 4 Prevalence estimates by sex without adjustment in samples from the general population and primary care practices according to different operational definitions of multimorbidity (MM)
General population % (n with MM/total sample) | p value* | Primary care % (n with MM/total sample) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | Males | Females | |||
MM 2+ | 59.5 (416/699) | 59.3 (604/1019) | 0.921 | 70.4 (178/253) | 69.0 (370/536) | 0.706 |
MM 3+ | 42.5 (297/699) | 44.6 (454/1019) | 0.397 | 53.8 (136/253) | 54.7 (293/536) | 0.811 |
DBMA 10+ | 14.9 (104/699) | 18.4 (187/1019) | 0.059 | 28.5 (72/253) | 25.6 (137/536) | 0.389 |