Impact of the presence of asthma or mood and anxiety disorders at baseline on CD development as compared to those with a another CD at baseline that also developed CD.

*significantly different between individuals with either Asthma or Mood and anxiety disorders groups and the rest of the individuals in the progressive multimorbidity groups at baseline; NS: no significant difference; ?Model adjusted for age, sex, BMI, marital status, education, income and working status at baseline, §The sum of this column is not 100% since some individuals developed more than one CD; CD: chronic disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and CVD = cardiovascular disease and stroke.