Multimorbidity patterns in the elderly: A new approach of disease clustering identifies complex interrelations between chronic conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Schäfer, Ingmar ^a   von Leitner, Eike Christin ^a   Schön, Gerhard ^a   Koller, Daniela ^b   Hansen, Heike ^a   Kolonko, Tina ^a   Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna ^a   Wegscheider, Karl ^a   Glaeske, Gerd ^b   van den Bussche, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; AGE; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78650815729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015941     Document Type: Article

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