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 | ||||||
| Male | 6951 (46.5) | 1402 (20.2) | 2361 (34.0) | 1675 (24.1) | 1050 (15.1) | 463 (6.7) |
| Female | 8011 (53.5) | 1424 (17.8) | 2441 (30.5) | 2064 (25.8) | 1482 (18.5) | 600 (7.5) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 14 440 (96.5) | 2726 (18.9) | 4629 (32.1) | 3618 (25.1) | 2451 (17.0) | 1016 (7.0) |
| Non-white | 522 (3.5) | 100 (19.2) | 173 (33.1) | 121 (23.2) | 81 (15.5) | 47 (9.0) |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than upper secondary | 5107 (34.1) | 629 (12.3) | 1417 (27.8) | 1326 (26.0) | 1136 (22.2) | 599 (11.7) |
| Upper secondary, vocational | 6444 (43.1) | 1399 (21.7) | 2186 (33.9) | 1609 (25.0) | 941 (14.6) | 309 (4.8) |
| Tertiary | 2277 (15.2) | 626 (27.5) | 859 (37.7) | 497 (21.8) | 227 (10.0) | 68 (3.0) |
| Others | 1134 (7.6) | 172 (15.2) | 340 (30.0) | 307 (27.1) | 228 (20.1) | 87 (7.7) |
| Employment | ||||||
| Paid employment | 8500 (56.8) | 895 (10.5) | 2278 (26.8) | 2333 (27.5) | 2033 (23.9) | 961 (11.3) |
| Unemployed | 6462 (43.2) | 1931 (30.0) | 2524 (39.1) | 1406 (21.8) | 499 (7.7) | 102 (1.6) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 789 (5.3) | 148 (18.8) | 268 (34.0) | 189 (24.0) | 131 (16.6) | 53 (6.7) |
| Married/partner | 10 766 (72.0) | 2282 (21.2) | 3635 (33.8) | 2674 (24.8) | 1566 (14.6) | 609 (5.7) |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 3407 (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.