A Latent class analysis of multimorbidity and the relationship to socio-demographic factors and health-related quality of life. A national population-based study of 162,283 Danish Adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Larsen, Finn Breinholt ^a   Pedersen, Marie Hauge ^a   Friis, Karina ^a   Gluèmer, Charlotte ^b   Lasgaard, Mathias ^a,c  

^a DEFACTUM Public Health and Health Services Research   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DANISH CITIZEN; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008601692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169426     Document Type: Article

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