Association between the type of comorbidities primary care consultations, hospitalisations and medications prescribed
Primary care consultations | Hospitalisations* | Medications | |||||||
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Rate ratio | 95% CI | p Value | Rate ratio | 95% CI | p Value | Rate ratio | 95% CI | p Value | |
Hypertension | 1.03 | 1.00 to 1.06 | 0.021 | 0.96 | 0.88 to 1.04 | 0.286 | 1.29 | 1.23 to 1.35 | <0.001 |
Painful disease | 1.14 | 1.10 to 1.17 | <0.001 | 1.2 | 1.09 to 1.31 | <0.001 | 1.51 | 1.44 to 1.59 | <0.001 |
Depression | 1.11 | 1.07 to 1.14 | <0.001 | 1.05 | 0.95 to 1.16 | 0.332 | 1.40 | 1.32 to 1.47 | <0.001 |
Hearing loss | 1.01 | 0.98 to 1.04 | 0.527 | 1.02 | 0.93 to 1.13 | 0.668 | 0.98 | 0.93 to 1.04 | 0.587 |
Coronary heart disease | 1.07 | 1.03 to 1.11 | <0.001 | 1.11 | 1.00 to 1.23 | 0.043 | 1.29 | 1.22 to 1.37 | <0.001 |
Stroke | 1.04 | 1.00 to 1.08 | 0.035 | 1.24 | 1.11 to 1.38 | <0.001 | 1.17 | 1.10 to 1.24 | <0.001 |
Constipation | 1.09 | 1.04 to 1.13 | <0.001 | 1.23 | 1.09 to 1.39 | 0.001 | 1.04 | 0.97 to 1.12 | 0.232 |
Diabetes | 1.18 | 1.13 to 1.22 | <0.001 | 1.18 | 1.05 to 1.33 | 0.005 | 1.39 | 1.30 to 1.49 | <0.001 |
Atrial fibrillation | 1.17 | 1.13 to 1.22 | <0.001 | 1.26 | 1.12 to 1.42 | <0.001 | 1.20 | 1.13 to 1.29 | <0.001 |
Chronic Kidney Disease | 1.07 | 1.03 to 1.11 | <0.001 | 1.1 | 0.98 to 1.22 | 0.098 | 1.03 | 1.10 to 1.24 | <0.001 |
All models adjusted for age, gender, comorbidities included in this table and the total number of comorbidities not included in this table (those with a prevalence below 10%). Further adjustment for dementia medication and deprivation produce only small changes in the estimate, suggesting that these covariates did not confound the association presented in this table.
*In total,2853 participants included due to missing linked data.