Association rules analysis on patterns of multimorbidity in adults: based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys database
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Lin Chen; Yangli Xie; Zheng Zheng; Junlan Huang; Xianding Sun; Ruobin Zhang
- Source
- BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 12 (2022)
- Subject
- Medicine
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2044-6055
Objective To explore the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in population with different genders and age ranges.Design A cross-sectional study.Setting National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys database.Participants 12 576 patients.Primary and secondary outcome measures The prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity.Results High cholesterol had the highest prevalence in all population (33.4 (95% CI: 32.0 to 34.9)) and males. In females