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comorbidity: a standalone construct

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Clinical epidemiology

any additional clinical condition present alongside the index disease under study.

In clinical epidemiology, comorbidity refers to any additional clinical condition present alongside the index disease under study. This meaning comes from Feinstein (1970) in Journal of Chronic Diseases.[1]

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References

Feinstein, A. R. (1970). The pre-therapeutic classification of co-morbidity in chronic disease. Journal of Chronic Diseases, 23(7), 455-468. https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9681(70)90054-8

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