Multimorbidity

ST Skou, FS Mair, M Fortin, B Guthrie… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Multimorbidity (two or more coexisting conditions in an individual) is a growing global
challenge with substantial effects on individuals, carers and society. Multimorbidity occurs a …

Biological and functional multimorbidity—from mechanisms to management

C Langenberg, AD Hingorani, CJM Whitty - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Globally, the number of people with multiple co-occurring diseases will increase
substantially over the coming decades, with important consequences for patients, carers …

[HTML][HTML] Body-mass index and risk of obesity-related complex multimorbidity: an observational multicohort study

M Kivimäki, T Strandberg, J Pentti… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The accumulation of disparate diseases in complex multimorbidity makes
prevention difficult if each disease is targeted separately. We aimed to examine obesity as a …

[HTML][HTML] Association of sleep duration at age 50, 60, and 70 years with risk of multimorbidity in the UK: 25-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study

S Sabia, A Dugravot, D Léger, CB Hassen… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Sleep duration has been shown to be associated with individual chronic
diseases but its association with multimorbidity, common in older adults, remains poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring multimorbidity in research: Delphi consensus study

ISS Ho, A Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A Akbari, J Davies… - BMJ …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Diabetes and multiple long-term conditions: A review of our current global health challenge

K Khunti, YV Chudasama, EW Gregg… - Diabetes …, 2023 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Use of effective treatments and management programs is leading to longer survival of
people with diabetes. This, in combination with obesity, is thus contributing to a rise in …

Epidemiology of pre-existing multimorbidity in pregnant women in the UK in 2018: a population-based cross-sectional study

SI Lee, A Azcoaga-Lorenzo, U Agrawal… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Although maternal death is rare in the United Kingdom, 90% of these women
had multiple health/social problems. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of pre …

Variation in the estimated prevalence of multimorbidity: systematic review and meta-analysis of 193 international studies

ISS Ho, A Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A Akbari, J Davies… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective (1) To estimate the pooled prevalence of multimorbidity in all age groups,
globally.(2) To examine how measurement of multimorbidity impacted the estimated …

The impact of varying the number and selection of conditions on estimated multimorbidity prevalence: a cross-sectional study using a large, primary care population …

C MacRae, M McMinn, SW Mercer, D Henderson… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Multimorbidity prevalence rates vary considerably depending on the conditions
considered in the morbidity count, but there is no standardised approach to the number or …

Sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants of multimorbidity among community-dwelling older adults: findings from 346,760 SHARE participants

W Ni, X Yuan, Y Zhang, H Zhang, Y Zheng, J Xu - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of multimorbidity and its
associated factors among the older population in China to propose policy recommendations …