Table 1 Sex-specific and age-specific distributions of top 20 NCDs of participants (n = 21435) in Northeast China [n (%)].

From: Multimorbidity Analysis According to Sex and Age towards Cardiovascular Diseases of Adults in Northeast China

Rank

Disease

Total

Gender

χ 2

P-value

Agea

χ 2

P-value

Male (n = 10337)

Female (n = 11098)

Young (n = 6657)

Middle-age (n = 12980)

Old (n = 1798)

1

Hyperlipidemia

10951(51.09)

5379(52.04)

5572(50.21)

7.166

0.007

2288(34.37)

7504(57.81)

1159(64.46)

1108.124

<0.001

2

Hypertension

7511(35.04)

3893(37.66)

3618(32.60)

60.209

<0.001

892(13.40)

5470(42.14)

1149(63.90)

2315.335

<0.001

3

CVD

3209(14.97)

1213(11.73)

1996(17.99)

164.269

<0.001

148(2.22)

2371(18.27)

690(38.38)

1734.311

<0.001

4

Obesity

3105(14.49)

1529(14.79)

1576(14.20)

1.508

0.219

846(12.71)

2034(15.67)

225(12.51)

37.322

<0.001

5

Disc disease

2893(13.50)

1117(10.81)

1776(16.00)

123.814

<0.001

456(6.85)

2175(16.76)

262(14.57)

371.832

<0.001

6

Diabetes

1956(9.13)

972(9.40)

984(8.87)

1.859

0.173

143(2.15)

1488(11.46)

325(18.08)

650.085

<0.001

7

Rheumatoid arthritis

1942(9.06)

638(6.17)

1304(11.75)

202.102

<0.001

192(2.88)

1453(11.19)

297(16.52)

501.314

<0.001

8

Gastroenteritis

1923(8.97)

845(8.17)

1078(9.71)

15.521

<0.001

570(8.56)

1218(9.38)

135(7.51)

8.778

0.012

9

Cholecystitis

1585(7.39)

354(3.42)

1231(11.09)

459.494

<0.001

229(3.44)

1217(9.38)

139(7.73)

226.747

<0.001

10

Gynecological inflammation

1252(5.84)

0

1252(11.28)

—

—

460(14.92)

770(10.89)

22(2.38)

117.454

<0.001b

11

Gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer

819(3.82)

427(4.13)

392(3.53)

5.219

0.022

164(2.46)

570(4.39)

85(4.73)

48.890

<0.001

12

Chronic bronchitis

767(3.58)

331(3.20)

436(3.93)

8.188

0.004

82(1.23)

544(4.19)

141(7.84)

215.102

<0.001

13

Prostate hyperplasia or inflammation

648(3.02)

648(6.27)

0

—

—

43(1.20)

464(7.85)

141(16.53)

334.018

<0.001c

14

Anemia

594(2.77)

72(0.70)

522(4.70)

318.934

<0.001

247(3.71)

309(2.38)

38(2.11)

32.030

<0.001

15

Fatty liver

510(2.38)

267(2.58)

243(2.19)

3.566

0.059

100(1.50)

377(2.90)

33(1.84)

39.753

<0.001

16

Calculus in urinary system

481(2.24)

271(2.62)

210(1.89)

12.981

<0.001

90(1.35)

348(2.68)

43(2.39)

35.629

<0.001

17

Rheumatic

442(2.06)

108(1.04)

334(3.01)

102.302

<0.001

63(0.95)

320(2.47)

59(3.28)

64.721

<0.001

18

Nasopharyngitis

439(2.05)

233(2.25)

206(1.86)

4.223

0.040

155(2.33)

257(1.98)

27(1.50)

5.583

0.061

19

Cataract

402(1.88)

113(1.09)

289(2.60)

66.392

<0.001

4(0.06)

219(1.69)

179(9.96)

759.591

<0.001

20

Gallstone

384(1.79)

125(1.21)

259(2.33)

38.466

<0.001

43(0.65)

284(2.19)

57(3.17)

80.677

<0.001

  1. aThe people with age less than 40 (age ≤ 40) were viewed as young, and people with 41 ≤ age ≤ 65 and age ≥ 66 were middle-age and old, respectively.
  2. bThe χ2 and the p-value were calculated among women only; cthe χ2 and the p value were calculated among men only.
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