Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among adults in rural Shanxi Province, China: A post-hoc exploratory subgroup analysis of a cross-sectional study

Shuai Tang; Yanxing Li; Runlan Li; Hongmei Yang; Tianyou Hao; Maoyi Tian; Xinyi Zhang; Xiangxian Feng; Zhifang Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330935

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Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among adults in rural Shanxi Province, China: A post-hoc exploratory subgroup analysis of a cross-sectional study

Shuai Tang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuai Tang, Yanxing Li

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3518-547X

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Yanxing Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuai Tang, Yanxing Li

Roles Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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Runlan Li,

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation School of Nursing, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China
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Hongmei Yang,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation School of Public Health, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China
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Tianyou Hao,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Prevention and Health Care, Affiliated Heping hospital of Changzhi medical college, Changzhi, China
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Maoyi Tian,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Xinyi Zhang,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Xiangxian Feng,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation School of Public Health, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China
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Zhifang Li

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lzfmuzi@163.com

Affiliation School of Public Health, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7934-904X

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Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among adults in rural Shanxi Province, China: A post-hoc exploratory subgroup analysis of a cross-sectional study

Shuai Tang,
Yanxing Li,
Runlan Li,
Hongmei Yang,
Tianyou Hao,
Maoyi Tian,
Xinyi Zhang,
Xiangxian Feng,
Zhifang Li

Published: September 10, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330935

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