Table 2:

Prevalence and weights for the 20 conditions in the multimorbidity scores

Condition	Prevalence, %^*	Outcome of interest; weight^†
Condition	Prevalence, %^*	Primary care consultations^‡	Unplanned admissions^§	Mortality^§	General outcome^¶
Hypertension	19.24	0.66	10.76	−2.09	0.08
Anxiety/depression	12.85	2.12	46.61	7.04	0.50
Painful condition	11.63	3.43	84.93	16.46	0.92
Hearing loss	11.27	1.04	8.93	−3.94	0.09
Irritable bowel syndrome	7.61	1.82	8.55	−1.33	0.21
Asthma	7.20	1.32	22.78	−2.73	0.19
Diabetes mellitus	6.58	3.77	55.33	10.23	0.75
Coronary heart disease	4.79	1.49	70.87	4.22	0.49
Chronic kidney disease	4.50	0.98	52.13	16.61	0.53
Atrial fibrillation	2.72	5.94	105.21	22.14	1.34
Constipation	2.67	3.42	72.73	35.42	1.12
Stroke and TIA	2.55	1.54	90.84	20.63	0.80
COPD	2.46	3.43	134.51	42.50	1.46
Connective tissue disorder	2.33	3.10	28.87	−0.39	0.43
Cancer	2.15	2.58	104.80	62.00	1.53
Alcohol problems	1.60	0.97	93.59	12.72	0.65
Heart failure	1.04	2.90	73.20	43.47	1.18
Dementia	1.02	1.81	156.90	124.42	2.50
Psychosis/bipolar disorder	0.98	2.24	77.28	7.20	0.64
Epilepsy	0.97	2.13	113.42	18.26	0.92

Note: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, TIA = transient ischemic attack.
↵* Based on development data set.
↵† Negative weights can be interpreted as reflecting a negative association with the outcome of interest after controlling for other conditions.
↵‡ Per person-year.
↵§ Per 1000 person-years.
↵¶ Unit change associated with a change of 1 standard deviation in each of the 3 outcomes.