The burden of cardiovascular morbidity in a European Mediterranean population with multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study.
Concepción Fors ViolánNéker Bejarano-RiveraQuintí Foguet-BoreuAlbert Roso LlorachMariona Pons-ViguésMiguel Martin MateoEnriqueta Pujol-RiberaPublished in: BMC family practice (2016)
More than 50 % percent of patients with multimorbidity had cardiovascular diseases, the most frequent being hypertension. The presence of cardiovascular risk factors and the cardiovascular risk profile were higher in the multimorbidity group than the non-multimorbidity group. Hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia constituted the most prevalent multimorbidity pattern.