CHARACTERISTICS | CROSS–SECTIONAL ANALYSES | PROSPECTIVE ANALYSES | ||||
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NO MULTIMORBIDITY (N = 514) | MULTIMORBIDITY (N = 1237) | TOTAL SAMPLE (N = 1751) | NO MULTIMORBIDITY (N = 343) | MULTIMORBIDITY (N = 685) | TOTAL SAMPLE (N = 1028) | |
Mean age, y | 75.2* | 78.5* | 77.5 | 74.5* | 76.5* | 75.8 |
Female sex, % | 52.5* | 61.0* | 58.5 | 53.1* | 63.9* | 60.3 |
Mean education, y | 9.9* | 9.1* | 9.3 | 10.3* | 9.6* | 9.8 |
Mean MMSE score | 27.0* | 25.9* | 26.2 | 27.6* | 26.9* | 27.1 |
Mean CES-D score | 4.1* | 9.1* | 7.6 | 3.8* | 8.0* | 6.6 |
Functional status, % | ||||||
• Excellent or good | 86.0* | 52.1* | 62.1 | 90.1* | 64.1* | 73.0 |
• Mild impairment | 9.9* | 32.3* | 25.7 | 7.9* | 28.3* | 21.5 |
• Moderate or severe impairment | 4.1* | 15.6* | 12.2 | 1.5* | 7.6* | 5.5 |
CES-D—Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, MMSE—Mini-Mental State Examination.
↵* Denotes significance (P < .05).