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Table 3 Top 20 most prevalent individual health conditions in pregnant women

From: Epidemiology of pre-existing multimorbidity in pregnant women in the UK in 2018: a population-based cross-sectional study

CPRD (UK), n = 37,641

SAIL (Wales), n = 27,782

SMR (Scotland), n = 6099

No

Health conditions

Percentage, % (95% CI)

Health conditions

Percentage, % (95% CI)

Health conditions

Percentage, % (95% CI)

1

Depression (diagnosis)

23.43

(23.01

−23.87)

Depression (diagnosis)

24.07

(23.57

−24.58)

Common mental health disorders (prescription)

22.66

(21.61

−23.71)

2

Anxiety (diagnosis)

18.98

(18.58

−19.38)

Anxiety (diagnosis)

23.05

(22.56

−23.55)

Asthma

9.94

(9.19

−10.69)

3

Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis

16.35

(15.98

−16.73)

Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis

18.53

(18.08

−19.00)

Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis

7.56

(6.90

−8.22)

4

Asthma

14.63

(14.27

−14.99)

Asthma

17.17

(16.73

−17.62)

Peptic ulcer disease/GORD

6.98

(6.35

−7.62)

5

Migraine

12.71

(12.38

−13.05)

Migraine

13.47

(13.07

−13.88)

Atopic eczema

6.35

(5.73

−6.96)

6

Other mental health conditions

8.85

(8.57

−9.14)

Other mental health conditions

9.43

(9.09

−9.78)

Other mental health conditions

4.84

(4.30

−5.38)

7

IBS

7.97

(7.70

−8.25)

IBS

7.83

(7.52

−8.15)

Migraine

3.69

(3.22

−4.16)

8

Other skin conditions

5.47

(5.25

−5.71)

Other chronic headaches

6.60

(6.31

−6.90)

IBS

3.16

(2.73

−3.60)

9

PCOS

4.66

(4.45

−4.88)

Other skin conditions

5.71

(5.44

−5.98)

Thyroid disorder

3.12

(2.68

−3.55)

10

Psoriasis

3.90

(3.70

−4.10)

Atopic eczema

3.97

(3.74

−4.20)

Severe mental illness

2.26

(1.89

−2.64)

11

Female infertility

3.81

(3.62

−4.01)

PCOS

3.96

(3.73

−4.20)

Cholelithiasis

2.15

(1.78

−2.51)

12

Other chronic headaches

3.53

(3.35

−3.72)

Psoriasis

3.62

(3.41

−3.85)

Depression (diagnosis)

1.71

(1.38

−2.03)

13

Thyroid disorder

3.34

(3.16

−3.52)

Thyroid disorder

2.45

(2.28

−2.64)

Epilepsy

1.57

(1.26

−1.89)

14

Atopic eczema

3.06

(2.89

−3.24)

Alcohol misuse

2.25

(2.08

−2.43)

Anxiety (diagnosis)

1.36

(1.07

−1.65)

15

Severe mental illness

2.42

(2.26

−2.58)

Substance misuse

2.20

(2.03

−2.38)

Substance misuse

1.23

(0.95

−1.51)

16

Cholelithiasis

2.02

(1.88

−2.17)

Cholelithiasis

2.11

(1.95

−2.29)

Female infertility

1.18

(0.91

−1.45)

17

Substance misuse

1.98

(1.84

−2.13)

Severe mental illness

2.07

(1.91

−2.24)

Endometriosis

1.05

(0.79

−1.31)

18

Eating disorder

1.88

(1.74

−2.02)

Eating disorder

1.80

(1.65

−1.97)

Hypertension

0.93

(0.69

−1.18)

19

Endometriosis

1.68

(1.55

−1.82)

Inflammatory arthritis

1.40

(1.27

−1.55)

Diabetes mellitus

0.79

(0.57

−1.01)

20

Inflammatory arthritis

1.46

(1.34

−1.59)

Endometriosis

1.31

(1.18

−1.45)

Psoriasis

0.71

(0.50

−0.92)

  1. Common mental health disorders (CMHD): anxiety or depression by prescription (drug phenome using community prescription data) if the woman doesn’t already have a ICD-10 diagnosis code; other chronic headaches: tension headaches, cluster headaches, chronic headaches; other mental health conditions: obsessive compulsive disorder, self-harm, personality disorder, dissociative disorder; other skin conditions: seborrheic dermatitis, rosacea, lichen planus, hidradenitis suppurativa; severe mental illness (SMI): bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, psychosis or meeting drug phenome for SMI; GORD gastroesophageal reflux disease, IBS Irritable bowel syndrome, PCOS polycystic ovarian syndrome