Table 2

Number and percentage of study participants with medication-based and diagnosis-based measures of multimorbidity defined as two or more conditions or medication classes (n=862)

RxRisk-VN (%)Number of medication classesN (%)Total disease countsN (%)Barnett conditions countN (%)Charlson index scoreN (%)
013 (2)037 (4)052 (6)0149 (17)0340 (39)
160 (7)141 (5)1184 (21)1229 (27)1208 (24)
≥2789 (91)≥2784 (91)≥2626 (73)≥2484 (56)≥2314 (37)
296 (11)275 (9)2208 (24)2213 (25)2159 (19)
3125 (15)377 (9)3157 (18)3134 (16)385 (10)
4131 (15)495 (11)4102 (12)479 (9)436 (4)
5114 (13)588 (10)579 (9)535 (4)517 (2)
6101 (12)6116 (14)649 (6)≥623 (2)≥617 (2)
778 (9)788 (10)717 (2)
857 (7)862 (7)≥814 (2)
937 (4)964 (7)
≥1050 (5)≥10119 (13)