Research Article
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Centenarians in Mexico City
Table 3
Frequency of the main illnesses and multimorbidity in Mexican centenarians by gender.
| | Variable | Total
(%)
393 | Women
(%)
299 (76.0) | Men
(%)
94 (23.9) | |
| | Multimorbidity | | | | 0.35 | | 0 diseases | 98 (24.9) | 79 (26.3) | 19 (22.2) | | | 1 disease | 133 (33.8) | 102 (34.0) | 31 (33.9) | | ≥2 diseases | 162 (41.2) | 118 (39.6) | 44 (41.4) | | Osteoarthrosis (yes) | 143 (36.3) | 104 (34.7) | 39 (39.4) | 0.37 | | Hypertension (yes) | 136 (34.6) | 112 (37.4) | 24 (25.5) | 0.01 | | Benign prostatic hyperplasia (yes) | 28 (29.7) | — | 28 (29.7) | — | | Cardiovascular disease (yes) | 59 (15.0) | 43 (14.3) | 16 (17.0) | 0.53 | | Pain (yes) | 45 (11.4) | 35 (11.7) | 10 (10.6) | 0.77 | | COPD (yes) | 32 (8.1) | 21 (7.0) | 11 (11.7) | 0.14 | | Acute respiratory disease (yes) | 31 (7.8) | 23 (7.6) | 8 (10.6) | 0.36 | | Cerebrovascular disease (yes) | 22 (5.5) | 14 (4.6) | 8 (8.5) | 0.15 | | Osteoporosis | 18 (4.5) | 16 (5.3) | 2 (2.1) | 0.19 | | Type 2 diabetes (yes) | 19 (4.8) | 12 (4.0) | 7 (7.4) | 0.17 | | Parkinson’s disease (yes) | 9 (3.0) | 9 (3.0) | 0 (0) | — | | Cancer (yes)& | 17 (4.3) | 16 (5.3) | 1 (0.9) | 0.04& | | Dyslipidemia (yes)& | 7 (1.8) | 5 (1.6) | 2 (1.0) | 0.44& | | Chronic kidney disease (yes)& | 6 (1.5) | 5 (1.3) | 1 (2,1) | 0.55& | | Hypothyroidism (yes)& | 4 (1.0) | 4 (1.3) | 1 (1.0) | 0.65& | | Hepatic disease (yes)& | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | 0 | . |
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Differences in percentages were analyzed through the Chi2 test except for those marked by “&” which were analyzed through Fisher’s exact test.
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