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Table 1 Participant characteristics and association to incident Alzheimer’s disease and all-cause dementia diagnosis within 17 years

From: Alzheimer’s polygenic risk scores, APOE, Alzheimer’s disease risk, and dementia-related blood biomarker levels in a population-based cohort study followed over 17 years

Predictor

Alzheimer’s disease

n (%)

All-cause dementia

n (%)

Participants without dementia diagnosis

n (%)

Alzheimer’s disease

OR (95% CI) p-value

All-cause dementia

OR (95% CI) p -alue

n

153

464

5301

-

-

Age, mean ± SD

66.6 ± 5.2

66.9 ± 5.2

61.3 ± 6.4

1.16 (1.12–1.24) < .0001

1.17 (1.15–1.19) < .0001

 Male

67 (43.8)

227 (48.9)

2423 (45.7)

Ref

Ref

 Female

86 (56.2)

237 (51.1)

2878 (54.3)

1.12 (0.81–1.55) .55

0.89 (0.73–1.09) .26

APOE4

76 (50)

280 (60.7)

3970 (75.4)

Ref

Ref

APOE4 + 

76 (50)

181 (39.3)

1299 (24.7)

3.27 (2.35–4.55) < .0001

2.14 (1.74–2.63) < .0001

Kunkle PRS

 Q1

27 (17.7)

103 (22.2)

1338 (25.2)

Ref

Ref

 Q2

32(20.9)

102 (22.0)

1339 (25.3)

1.10 (0.65–1.86) .71

0.92 (0.69–1.24) .59

 Q3

35 (22.9)

103 (22.2)

1339 (25.3)

1.20 (0.72–2.00) .49

0.91 (0.68–1.21) .51

 Q4

59 (38.6)

156 (33.6)

1285 (24.2)

2.19 (1.37–3.51) .001

1.49 (1.14–1.96) .004

Bellenguez PRS

 Q1

24 (15.7)

98 (21.1)

1343 (25.3)

Ref

Ref

 Q2

39 (25.5)

105 (22.6)

1336 (25.2)

1.63 (0.97–2.75) .06

1.09 (0.81–1.46) .58

 Q3

40 (26.1)

122 (26.3)

1320 (24.9)

1.68 (1.001–2.83) .048

1.23 (0.92–1.64) .15

 Q4

50 (32.7)

139 (30.0)

1302 (24.6)

2.09 (1.27–3.44) .0039

1.38 (1.04–1.82) .03

Kunkle PRS

per SD increase

-

-

-

1.51 (1.30–1.75) < .0001

1.30 (1.12–1.36) < .0001

Bellenguez PRS

per SD increase

-

-

-

1.32 (1.11–1.56) .001

1.14 (1.03–1.26) .01

  1. Note: Logistic regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, and 10 principal components. Bold values denote statistical significance at the p < .05 level
  2. Abbreviations: APOE e4 + 1 or more e4 alleles, APOE e4—no e4 alleles, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, SD standard deviation, Q quartile