morbinet

network analysis of multi-morbidity

Morbinet aims to explore multi-morbidity using a complex systems approach and network analysis. Diseases are linked if co-occurence exceeds the expected by their prevalence


Project Aims

We aim to build multimorbidity networks in the general population of Catalonia and define their properties. Subnets represent main health problems and simultaneous use of medication

Data

Electronic medical records from primary care (SIDIAP database) with diagnoses coded using ICD10, ICPC2 and simplified-ICPC2 classifications. Medication is coded using ATC annotation.

The data includes 3,202,223 people aged over 18, with 2 or more chronic health problems active in the period 2005-16.


Data extraction

Data extraction from SIDIAP resource, with diseases and drugs coded. Descriptive analysis of prevalences

Disease Networks

Disease associations are used to construct networks. Odds-ratios from logistic regression, adjusted for gender, age and period are used.

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Drug Networks

Drugs prescribed to treat diseases are analyzed. First as a drug-use network, and second as a bipartite network with diseases.


Progress

Data extraction
100%
Network estimation
100%
Papers
100%





Publications

MorbiNet: multimorbidity networks in adult general population. Analysis of type 2 diabetes mellitus comorbidity. Alba Aguado, Ferran Moratalla-Navarro, Flora López-Simarro & Victor Moreno.
Scientific Reports 10 2416 (2020). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59336-1

MorbiNet Study: Hypothyroidism Comorbidity Networks in the Adult General Population. Ferran Moratalla-Navarro, Victor Moreno, Flora López-Simarro & Alba Aguado.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. (2021) 8;106(3):e1179-e1190 doi:10.1210/clinem/dgaa927

Multimorbidity and chronic co-prescription networks and potential interactions in adult patients with epilepsy: MorbiNet study. Ferran Moratalla-Navarro, Victor Moreno, Flora López-Simarro, Maria Estrella Barceló & Alba Aguado.
Neurological Sciences. (2022) doi:10.1007/s10072-022-06375-3


Research team


Alba Aguado Principal investigator CSI-CAP Sagrada Familia
Alba Aguado
Ferran Moratalla Bioinformatician ICO-IDIBELL
Ferran Moratalla
Adriana Lopez-Doriga Biostatistician ICO-IDIBELL
Adriana Lopez-Doriga
Pepi Valverde Nurse CSI-ABS Gaudi
Pepi Valverde
Flora López Phisician ICS-Martorell
Flora López
Anna de Pedro Phisician CSI-ABS Gaudi
Anna Pedro

Institutions



CSI Consorci Sanitari Integral
IDIBELL Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute
ICO Catalan Institute of Oncology

Funding


Research project PI-17/01182

Project funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III , co-funded by FEDER funds –a way to build Europe–