Progression of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke multimorbidity in middle-aged women: A 20-year cohort study
PLoS Medicine2018Vol. 15(3), pp. e1002516–e1002516
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Abstract
Stroke was associated with increased risk of progression to diabetes or heart disease. Social inequality, obesity, hypertension, physical inactivity, smoking, or having other chronic conditions were also significantly associated with increased odds of accumulating multimorbidity. Our findings highlight the importance of awareness of the role of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke multimorbidity among middle-aged women for clinicians and health-promotion agencies.