Objective To study the incidence of de novo multimorbidity across all ages in a
geographically defined population with an emphasis on sex and ethnic differences. Design …

Background Studies on the prevalence of multimorbidity, defined as having two or more
chronic conditions, have predominantly focused on the elderly. We estimated the prevalence …

PURPOSE Multimorbidity is associated with adverse outcomes, yet research on the
determinants of its incidence is lacking. We investigated which sociodemographic, health …

Background Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is common
among older adults and is known to be associated with high costs and gaps in quality of …

Objective To describe the prevalence of multimorbidity involving 20 selected chronic
conditions in a geographically defined US population, emphasizing age, sex, and …

Objectives Examination of the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among the elderly
in China. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting More than 10 000 households in 28 of the …

Increasing numbers of people are found to have two or more diseases at the same time,
which is termed multimorbidity. We studied the prevalence, incidence, and determinants of …

Multimorbidity, the presence of 1+ chronic condition in an individual, remains one of the
greatest challenges to health on a global scale. Although the prevalence of multimorbidity …

Objective (1) To estimate the pooled prevalence of multimorbidity in all age groups,
globally.(2) To examine how measurement of multimorbidity impacted the estimated …

Methods: We extracted data from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2011/12 on 105
416 Canadians adults. We analysed the data according to the number of multimorbidities …