Table 3 Patient Diagnoses within Clusters

Number of comorbidities (mean ± s.d.)

3.65 ± 0.81

3.66 ± 0.82

3.67 ± 0.84

3.61 ± 0.75

KW: 0.928

Prevalence of illnesses

χ2 test

 Diabetes (n, %)

635 (72%)

289 (72%)

237 (71%)

109 (73%)

p: 0.803

 Chronic Renal Failure (n, %)

591 (67%)

257 (64%)

234 (70%)

100 (67%)

p: 0.301

 Ischemic Heart Disease (n, %)

444 (50%)

212 (53%)

169 (50%)

63 (42%)

p: 0.082

 Heart Failure (n, %)

595 (67%)

267 (67%)

234 (70%)

94 (63%)

p: 0.352

 Cerebrovascular Disease (n, %)

283 (32%)

113 (28%)

106 (32%)

64 (43%)

p: 0.004^a

 COPD (n, %)

263 (30%)

135 (34%)

102 (30%)

26 (17%)

p: 0.001^a

 Asthma (n, %)

190 (21%)

98 (25%)

66 (20%)

26 (17%)

p: 0.118

 Dementia (n, %)

166 (19%)

56 (14%)

60 (18%)

50 (34%)

p < 0.001^a

 Cirrhosis (n, %)

68 (8%)

36 (9%)

26 (8%)

6 (4%)

p:0.151

 Diabetes + Chronic Renal Failure + Heart Failure (n, %)

67 (8%)

26 (7%)

29 (9%)

12 (8%)

p: 0.537

 Diabetes + Chronic Renal Failure + Heart Failure + Ischemic Heart Disease (n, %)

50 (6%)

20 (5%)

19 (6%)

11 (7%)

p: 0.561

 Chronic Renal Failure + Heart Failure + Ischemic Heart Disease (n, %)

36 (4%)

16 (4%)

16 (5%)

4 (3%)

p: 0.563

 Diabetes + Chronic Renal Failure + Ischemic Heart Disease (n, %)

34 (4%)

16 (4%)

16 (5%)

2 (1%)

p: 0.190

 Diabetes + Heart Failure + Ischemic Heart Disease (n, %)

25 (3%)

14 (4%)

5 (1%)

6 (4%)

p: 0.162

 Diabetes + Heart Failure + COPD (n, %)

25 (3%)

13 (3%)

8 (2%)

4 (3%)

p: 0.773

 Chronic Renal Failure + Heart Failure + COPD

17 (2%)

10 (3%)

6 (2%)

1 (1%)

p: 0.372

 Heart Failure + Ischemic Heart Disease + Cerebrovascular Disease (n, %)

18 (2%)

5 (1%)

10 (3%)

3 (2%)

p: 0.255

 Diabetes + Heart Failure + Cerebrovascular Disease (n, %)

18 (2%)

7 (2%)

7 (2%)

4 (3%)

p: 0.786

 Diabetes + Chronic Renal Failure + Heart Failure + Asthma (n, %)

15 (2%)

10 (3%)

2 (1%)

3 (2%)

p: 0.130