Table 2 Prevalence of morbidities and of multimorbidity at different cutoffs, ELSA-Brasil baseline
Baseline characteristicsa | Overall (%)b | Race/skin colour (%)b | p Valuec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White | Mixed-race | Black | |||
Morbidities | |||||
 Dyslipidaemia | |||||
  No | 7637 (54.17) | 4020 (52.81) | 2291 (55.55) | 1326 (56.12) | 0.002 |
  Yes | 6462 (45.83) | 3592 (47.19) | 1833 (44.45) | 1037 (43.88) |  |
 Arterial hypertension | |||||
  No | 9042 (64.13) | 5238 (68.81) | 2591 (62.83) | 1213 (51.33) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 5057 (35.87) | 2374 (31.19) | 1533 (37.17) | 1150 (48.67) |  |
 Migraine | |||||
  No | 9921 (70.37) | 5425 (71.27) | 2877 (69.76) | 1619 (68.51) | 0.023 |
  Yes | 4178 (29.63) | 2187 (28.73) | 1247 (30.24) | 744 (31.49) |  |
 Common mental disorders | |||||
  No | 10 320 (73.20) | 5845 (76.79) | 2861 (69.37) | 1614 (68.30) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 3779 (26.80) | 1767 (23.31) | 1263 (30.63) | 749 (31.70) |  |
 Obesity | |||||
  No | 10 863 (77.05) | 6025 (79.15) | 3182 (77.16) | 1656 (70.08) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 3236 (22.95) | 1587 (20.85) | 942 (22.84) | 707 (29.92) |  |
 Joint disorders | |||||
  No | 11 065 (78.48) | 6092 (80.03) | 3197 (77.52) | 1776 (75.16) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 3034 (21.52) | 1520 (19.97) | 927 (22.48) | 587 (24.84) |  |
 Renal disease | |||||
  No | 11 616 (82.39) | 6041 (79.36) | 3469 (84.12) | 2106 (89.12) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 2483 (17.61) | 1571 (20.64) | 655 (15.88) | 257 (10.88) |  |
 Diabetes | |||||
  No | 11 866 (84.16) | 6602 (86.73) | 3445 (83.54) | 1819 (76.98) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 2233 (15.84) | 1010 (13.27) | 679 (16.46) | 544 (23.02) |  |
 Asthma | |||||
  No | 12 457 (88.35) | 6696 (87.97) | 3674 (89.09) | 2087 (88.32) | 0.194 |
  Yes | 1642 (11.65) | 916 (12.03) | 450 (10.91) | 276 (11.68) |  |
 Liver cirrhosis or hepatitis | |||||
  No | 12 886 (91.40) | 6817 (89.56) | 3843 (93.19) | 2226 (94.20) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 1213 (8.60) | 795 (10.44) | 281 (6.81) | 137 (5.80) |  |
 Cancer | |||||
  No | 13 449 (95.39) | 7151 (93.94) | 3996 (96.90) | 2302 (97.42) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 650 (4.61) | 461 (6.06) | 128 (3.10) | 61 (2.58) |  |
 Ischemic heart disease | |||||
  No | 13 482 (95.62) | 7297 (95.86) | 3949 (95.76) | 2236 (94.63) | 0.033 |
  Yes | 617 (4.38) | 315 (4.14) | 175 (4.24) | 127 (5.37) |  |
 Rheumatic fever | |||||
  No | 13 697 (97.15) | 7389 (97.07) | 4003 (97.07) | 2305 (97.55) | 0.446 |
  Yes | 402 (2.85) | 223 (2.93) | 121 (2.93) | 58 (2.45) |  |
 Emphysema, chronic bronchitis or COPD | |||||
  No | 13 819 (98.01) | 7426 (97.56) | 4063 (98.52) | 2330 (98.60) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 280 (1.99) | 186 (2.44) | 61 (1.48) | 33 (1.40) |  |
 Cardiac insufficiency | |||||
  No | 13 871 (98.38) | 7519 (98.78) | 4051 (98.23) | 2301 (97.38) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 228 (1.62) | 93 (1.22) | 73 (1.77) | 62 (2.62) |  |
 Cerebrovascular accident | |||||
  No | 13 920 (98.01) | 7526 (98.87) | 4068 (98.52) | 2326 (98.43) | 0.213 |
  Yes | 179 (1.27) | 86 (1.13) | 61 (1.48) | 37 (1.57) |  |
Multimorbidity cutoff | |||||
 ≥ 2 morbidities | |||||
  No | 4217 (29.91) | 2409 (31.65) | 1210 (29.34) | 598 (25.31) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 9882 (70.09) | 5203 (68.35) | 2914 (70.66) | 1765 (74.69) |  |
 ≥ 3 morbidities | |||||
  No | 7620 (54.05) | 4254 (55.89) | 2233 (54.15) | 1133 (47.95) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 6479 (45.95) | 3358 (44.11) | 1891 (45.85) | 1230 (52.05) |  |
 ≥ 4 morbidities | |||||
   No | 10 484 (74.36) | 5789 (76.05) | 3075 (74.56) | 1620 (68.56) |  < 0.001 |
   Yes | 3615 (25.64) | 1823 (23.95) | 1049 (25.44) | 743 (31.44) |  |
 ≥ 5 morbidities | |||||
  No | 12 360 (87.67) | 6742 (88.57) | 3626 (87.92) | 1992 (84.30) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 1739 (12.33) | 870 (11.43) | 498 (12.08) | 371 (15.70) |  |
 ≥ 6 morbidities | |||||
  No | 13 359 (94.75) | 7255 (95.31) | 3902 (94.62) | 2202 (93.19) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 740 (5.25) | 357 (4.69) | 222 (5.38) | 161 (6.81) |  |
 Number of morbidities | |||||
  Mean (standard deviation) | 2.53 (1.69) | 2.45 (1.65) | 2.53 (1.69) | 2.78 (1.78) |  < 0.001 |
  Median (1st—3rd quartile) | 2 (1—4) | 2 (1—3) | 2 (1—4) | 3 (1—4) |  |