Gender Differences between Multimorbidity and All-Cause Mortality among Older Adults.
Alejandra Andrea Roman LayCarla Ferreira do NascimentoFresia Caba BurgosAngélica Del Carmen Larraín HuertaRené Eduardo Rivera ZeballosVerónica Pantoja SilvaYeda Aparecida de Oliveira DuartePublished in: Current gerontology and geriatrics research (2020)
Similar to previous studies carried out in developed countries, we found that all-cause mortality increased as diseases are added to an individual. Women and men presented different mortality patterns according to multimorbidity. Therefore, we suggest that additional longitudinal studies should be performed in order to analyze mortality by sex.