Background Knowing the prevalence of multimorbidity among adults across continents is a
crucial piece of information for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3.4, which calls for …

Background: With ageing world populations, multimorbidity (presence of two or more chronic
diseases in the same individual) becomes a major concern in public health. Although …

Background A systematic understanding of how multimorbidity has been constructed and
measured is unavailable. This review aimed to examine the definition and measurement of …

Objective To quantify the association of indices of central obesity, including waist
circumference, hip circumference, thigh circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height …

Aim To evaluate the prevalence of overweight/obesity and associated complications from a
large, cross‐sectional, nationwide database in China. Materials and Methods Data were …

Background Multimorbidity has become a prominent problem worldwide; however, few
population-based studies have been conducted among older Chinese with multimorbidity …

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 …

Background Myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and diabetes share underlying risk factors and
commonalities in clinical management. We examined if their combined impact on mortality is …

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

背景中老年人慢性病共病情况严重, 已成为我国卫生体系面临的重要问题.
慢性病患病数量与卫生服务利用和医疗费用相关, 但目前我国尚缺乏该方向研究的全国性调查 …