Table 3 Prevalence (P) co-occuring chronic diseases (%) ¹ and the sex and age adjusted odds ratio (OR) for clustering for patients of 55 years and older ² , LINH 2002–2008

Diabetes mellitus

3.6

1.9*³

2.8

1.1*

2.1

1.3*

2.5

1.3*

1.9

1.1

1.9

1.6*

1.4

1.2*

2.2

1.7*

0.5

1.1

Coronary heart disease

2.5

1.3*

2.2

1.6*

2.3

1.6*

1.8

1.2*

1.5

1.3*

1.3

1.5*

2.8

3.7*

0.4

1.5*

Osteoarthritis

1.7

1.2*

2.8

2.0*

1.7

1.1*

1.2

1.0*

1.4

1.4*

1.6

1.3*

0.4

1.1

COPD

1.5

1.4*

1.4

1.3*

1.0

1.3*

1.0

1.7*

1.9

3.4*

0.4

1.7*

Chronic neck or back disorder

1.4

1.2*

1.0

1.3*

1.2

1.5*

0.9

1.2*

0.5

1.4*

Cancer

0.9

1.0

0.9

1.4*

1.2

1.3*

0.3

1.4*

Stroke

0.8

1.6*

1.2

1.5*

0.2

1.3*

Depression

0.7

1.5*

0.8

5.9*

Heart failure

0.2

1.5*