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Table 1 Single and Multi-morbid disease combinations

From: Relative contribution of various chronic diseases and multi-morbidity to potential disability among Dutch elderly

Single disease

Multi-morbid disease

Congestive heart failure (CHF)

CHF + CHD

Coronary heart disease (CHD)

Dementia + stroke

Breast cancer (women only)

Diabetes + osteoarthritis

Prostate cancer (men only)

CHF + osteoarthritis

Colon cancer

CHF + CHD + diabetes

Lung cancer

Dementia + stroke + CHF

Diabetes

Dementia + stroke + lung cancer

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Dementia + stroke + colon Cancer

Stroke

Dementia + stroke + prostate cancer

Dementia

Diabetes + osteoarthritis + dementia

Osteoarthritis

CHF + osteoarthritis + COPD