Prevalence of secondary care multimorbidity in mid-life and its association with premature mortality in a large longitudinal cohort study

Objectives Multimorbidity is the coexistence of two or more health conditions in an individual. Multimorbidity in younger adults is increasingly recognised as an important challenge. We assessed the prevalence of secondary care multimorbidity in mid-life and its association with premature mortality over 15 years of follow-up, in the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s (ACONF) cohort. Method A prospective cohort study using linked electronic health...