Pay more attention to the clinical study of comorbidity in the elderly
  
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DOI:10.3724/SP.J.1264.2012.00203
Key words:elderly  comorbidity  clinical study
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WAN Wenhui First Department of Geriatrics, Nanjing General Hospital, Research Center for Geriatrics, Nanjing Military Command, Nanjing 210002, China wanwhnj@sina.com 
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Abstract:
      According to the data of the sixth nationwide population census in 2010, China’s population is ageing rapidly, people aged 60 and above comprise 13.3 percent of the population, up nearly 3 percentage points from 2000. This makes comorbidity, common in elderly patients and may affect survival and choice of treatment among them, a critical issue. A thorough understanding of the prevalence and role of comorbidity is therefore very necessary to clinicians. Study on comorbidity can get more accurate understanding about the relationships between diseases, improve the evaluation of prognostic risk factors, reduce unnecessary care, help to evaluate the risk of operation, develop optimal treatment.
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