Table 5 Relationship between membership of particular multi-morbidity class and participant characteristics
Comparison | Class 2 vs Class 1 | Class 3 vs Class 1 | Class 4 vs Class 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Estimated odds ratio | P Value | Estimated odds ratio | P Value | Estimated odds ratio | P Value |
Sex (female vs male) | 1.409 | 0.0023 | 3.227 | < 0.0001 | 1.076 | 0.6511 |
Age (per year) | 0.996 | 0.6518 | 1.089 | < 0.0001 | 1.113 | < 0.0001 |
Waist circumference (per cm) | 1.006 | 0.1275 | 1.026 | < 0.0001 | 1.097 | < 0.0001 |
Tobacco smoking | ||||||
Current 15 cigs/day vs never | 0.982 | 0.9370 | 3.382 | < 0.0001 | 3.216 | < 0.0001 |
Current < 15 cigs/day vs never | 0.816 | 0.4383 | 2.527 | < 0.0001 | 1.915 | 0.0737 |
Former smoker vs Never smoked | 0.959 | 0.6769 | 1.084 | 0.3951 | 1.228 | 0.1869 |
Weekly moderate/vigorous physical activity (per hr) | 0.995 | 0.2739 | 0.993 | 0.0703 | 0.986 | 0.0251 |
First degree relative with: | ||||||
Asthma | 1.834 | <.0001 | 1.189 | 0.0139 | 1.335 | 0.0080 |
Diabetes | 0.981 | 0.8029 | 1.076 | 0.2792 | 1.437 | 0.0001 |
Myocardial infarct | 0.882 | 0955 | 1.141 | 0.0293 | 1.291 | 0.0065 |
Cancer (any) | 0.999 | 0.9790 | 1.237 | < 0.0001 | 1.061 | 0.4747 |