Table 2 Combination of chronic conditions among respondents with multimorbidity¹

Disease pairs (n = 384)

Frequency

Percent

Chronic pain-Arthritis

54

14.1

Hypertension-Arthritis

29

7.6

Hypertension- High cholesterol

26

6.8

Depression/Anxiety -Chronic pain

24

6.3

Diabetes-Hypertension

20

5.2

Asthma-Depression/Anxiety

12

3.1

High cholesterol-Arthritis

12

3.1

Asthma-Chronic pain

11

2.9

Sleep apnea-Chronic pain

11

2.9

Hypertension-Chronic pain

10

2.3

Diabetes-Arthritis

9

2.3

Hypertension-Obesity

9

2.3

High cholesterol-Chronic pain

9

2.3

Hypertension-Depression/Anxiety

8

2.1

Hypertension-Cancer

8

2.1

Depression/Anxiety-Arthritis

8

2.1

Disease triads (n = 214)

Depression/Anxiety- Chronic pain-Arthritis

20

9.4

Hypertension-Chronic pain-Arthritis

15

7.0

Hypertension-High cholesterol-Arthritis

13

6.1

Diabetes-Hypertension-High cholesterol

11

5.1

High cholesterol-Chronic pain-Arthritis

8

3.7

Disease quartets (n = 149)

Hypertension-Depression/Anxiety-Chronic pain-Arthritis

8

5.4

Hypertension-High cholesterol-Chronic pain-Arthritis

6

4.0

Disease quintets (n = 88)

Diabetes- Hypertension- High cholesterol-chronic pain- Arthritis

6

6.8

Asthma-Hypertension-obesity-Chronic pain-arthritis

6

5.9