Table 1

Participants’ characteristics overall and stratified by clusters of LTC trajectory

Total
14 962 (100%)
No LTC
2826 (18.9%)
Single LTC
4802 (32.1%)
Evolving multimorbidity
3739 (25.0%)
Moderate multimorbidity
2532 (16.9%)
High multimorbidity
1063 (7.1%)
Age, mean (SD)61.9 (11)56.0 (9.1)60.0 (10.0)62.9 (10.8)67.1 (10.7)69.8 (10.4)
Sex
Male6951 (46.5)1402 (20.2)2361 (34.0)1675 (24.1)1050 (15.1)463 (6.7)
Female8011 (53.5)1424 (17.8)2441 (30.5)2064 (25.8)1482 (18.5)600 (7.5)
Ethnicity
White14 440 (96.5)2726 (18.9)4629 (32.1)3618 (25.1)2451 (17.0)1016 (7.0)
Non-white522 (3.5)100 (19.2)173 (33.1)121 (23.2)81 (15.5)47 (9.0)
Education
Less than upper secondary5107 (34.1)629 (12.3)1417 (27.8)1326 (26.0)1136 (22.2)599 (11.7)
Upper secondary, vocational6444 (43.1)1399 (21.7)2186 (33.9)1609 (25.0)941 (14.6)309 (4.8)
Tertiary2277 (15.2)626 (27.5)859 (37.7)497 (21.8)227 (10.0)68 (3.0)
Others1134 (7.6)172 (15.2)340 (30.0)307 (27.1)228 (20.1)87 (7.7)
Employment
Paid employment8500 (56.8)895 (10.5)2278 (26.8)2333 (27.5)2033 (23.9)961 (11.3)
Unemployed6462 (43.2)1931 (30.0)2524 (39.1)1406 (21.8)499 (7.7)102 (1.6)
Marital status
Never married789 (5.3)148 (18.8)268 (34.0)189 (24.0)131 (16.6)53 (6.7)
Married/partner10 766 (72.0)2282 (21.2)3635 (33.8)2674 (24.8)1566 (14.6)609 (5.7)
Separated/divorced/widowed3407 (22.8)396 (11.6)899 (26.4)876 (25.7)835 (24.5)401 (11.8)
  • The percentages in the ‘Total’ column are presented vertically, whereas horizontally in the other five columns.

  • LTC, long-term condition.