Prevalence and early-life determinants of mid-life multimorbidity: evidence from the 1970 British birth cohort

• Main Authors: Dawid Gondek (Author), David Bann (Author), Matt Brown (Author), Mark Hamer (Author), Alice Sullivan (Author), George B. Ploubidis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We sought to: [1] estimate the prevalence of multimorbidity at age 46-48 in the 1970 British Cohort Study-a nationally representative sample in mid-life; and [2] examine the association between early-life characteristics and mid-life multimorbidity. Method A prospective longitudi...