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Comment
. 2022 Dec 20;3(12):100863.
doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100863.

Multimorbidity and comorbidity patterns in the English National Health Service

Clare MacRae  1 , David Henderson  2 , Bruce Guthrie  3 , Stewart W Mercer  4
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Comment

Multimorbidity and comorbidity patterns in the English National Health Service

Clare MacRae et al. Cell Rep Med. .

Abstract

In an observational population-based study including nearly four million participants, Kuan et al. examined frequencies of common combinations of diseases and identified non-random disease associations in people of all ages and multiple ethnicities.

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Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.

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