Table 4

Association between the type of comorbidities primary care consultations, hospitalisations and medications prescribed

	Primary care consultations			Hospitalisations*			Medications
	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.