Identified physical multimorbidity patterns in the Japanese general population
| Pattern | Health condition |
| Cardiovascular-renal-metabolic (CRM) pattern | Hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia, stroke, cardiac diseases and kidney diseases |
| Skeletal-articular-digestive (SAD) pattern | Arthritis or rheumatism, lumbar diseases and digestive diseases |
| Respiratory-dermal (RDE) pattern | Chronic respiratory diseases and skin diseases |
| Malignant-digestive-urologic (MDU) pattern | Malignancy, digestive and urologic diseases |
Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify multimorbidity patterns.