Prevalence and risk factors of the most common multimorbidity among Canadian adults

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317688
• Publication Date: 2025-01-22T18:36:08Z
• Authors: Obed Mortey; Gerald Mugford; Kris Aubrey-Bassler; Hensley H. Mariathas; Ugochukwu Odimba; Zhiwei Gao
• Keywords: Odds; Underweight

Background The number of persons living with multimorbidity–defined as the co-occurrence at least two chronic conditions in same individual–is growing globally, especially developed countries. Traditionally, this increase has been attributed to a aging population, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, low socioeconomic status, and individual genetic susceptibility. Objective To investigate prevalence associated risk factors most common multimorbidity (MCM) among Canadian middle-aged older adults. Method Relevant data on all 30,097 adults (aged 45 85 years) from Longitudinal Study Aging were used for study. identify specific sociodemographic MCM, we survey-specific logistic regression. Findings Overall, osteoarthritis hypertension was identified MCM aged 45+ an estimated 16.5%. results multivariate analysis showed that seven significantly increased odds which included increasing age, being retired work (retired vs not retired), poorer rating perceived health, (very good, poor excellent), problems sleep quality (satisfied, dissatisfied neutral), abnormal body-mass index (underweight, overweight, obese normal). Also, residents other urban centres had lower than those core. Persons Atlantic Canada, Ontario Quebec having compared British Columbia. age higher Females (OR = 1.12, 95% CI 1.11–1.13) Males 1.08, 1.07–1.10). Conclusion Multimorbidity is feature identification prevalent patterns study provides fresh insights into etiology, progression, possible prevention