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Table 3 Factor loadings of the multimorbidity patterns for each disease

From: Patterns of multimorbidity in association with falls among the middle-aged and older adults: results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Chronic diseases

Factora

Cardio-metabolic pattern

Visceral-arthritic pattern

Respiratory pattern

Mental-Sensory pattern

Dyslipidaemia

0.69

0.13

-0.01

-0.07

Diabetes

0.61

0.02

0.00

-0.03

Hypertension

0.61

-0.09

0.04

0.06

Cardiac diseases

0.47

0.29

0.17

0.04

Stroke

0.43

0.03

-0.01

0.11

Digestive diseases

-0.06

0.65

0.04

0.07

Arthritis

0.00

0.55

0.06

0.23

Kidney diseases

0.13

0.53

0.04

-0.03

Liver diseases

0.09

0.48

0.03

-0.11

Asthma

0.04

0.02

0.83

0.03

Chronic lung diseases

0.04

0.14

0.81

0.04

Visual impairment

0.04

-0.01

-0.03

0.74

Hearing loss

0.06

-0.01

0.09

0.69

Psychiatric diseases

0.01

0.35

0.00

0.40

  1. aNote: Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin value is 0.68; Bartlett’s test of sphericity: P < 0.001