Gender Differences between Multimorbidity and All-Cause Mortality among Older Adults

Table 3

Highest prevalence of chronic diseases (SABE study, municipality of São Paulo, 2000).

3 chronic diseases	Prevalence	4 chronic diseases	Prevalence	5 chronic diseases	Prevalence
HT-CD-MSDs	4.68	HT-CD-MSDs-DM	1.03	HT-CD-MSDs-DM-MD	0.20
HT-MSDs-DM	3.95	HT-CD-MSDs-MD	0.94	HT-CD-MSDs-DM-RD	0.13
HT-MSDs-MD	2.76	HT-CD-MSDs-RD	0.62	HT-CD-MSDs-MD-RD	0.15
HT-CD-DM	3.12	HT-MSDs-DM-MD	0.92	HT-MSDs-DM-MD-RD	0.13
HT-CD-MD	2.19	HT-CD-DM-MD	0.51	HT-CD-DM-MD-RD	†

The most five prevalent combinations of chronic diseases. HT: hypertension; MSDS: musculoskeletal disorders; CD: cardiovascular diseases; DM: diabetes mellitus; MD: mental disorders; RD: respiratory diseases. † denotes no value.