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Table 2 The associations of IGF-1 concentrations with brain-related disorders

From: Circulating insulin-like growth factor-1 and brain health: Evidence from 369,711 participants in the UK Biobank

IGF-1

Cases

Incidence rate

per 1000 person-years

HR (95% CI)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Dementia

 Q1

1,419

1.24 (1.18–1.31)

1.20 (1.11–1.30)

1.17 (1.08–1.26)

1.13 (1.05–1.22)

 Q2

1,144

1.00 (0.94–1.05)

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

 Q3

1,171

1.02 (0.96–1.08)

1.06 (0.97–1.15)

1.07 (0.99–1.16)

1.07 (0.99–1.16)

 Q4

1,123

0.98 (0.92–1.04)

1.07 (0.98–1.16)

1.09 (1.01–1.18)

1.08 (1.00–1.17)

Per 1-SD increment

 IGF-1 < 18 nmol/L

2,067

1.70 (1.63–1.78)

0.61 (0.55–0.67)

0.64 (0.58–0.71)

0.69 (0.62–0.77)

 IGF-1 ≥ 18 nmol/L

4,173

1.24 (1.21–1.28)

1.26 (1.17–1.35)

1.07 (1.02–1.12)

1.06 (1.01–1.11)

Stroke

 Q1

1,757

1.54 (1.47–1.62)

1.07 (1.00–1.15)

1.04 (0.98–1.12)

0.99 (0.93–1.06)

 Q2

1,618

1.41 (1.35–1.48)

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

 Q3

1,453

1.27 (1.21–1.34)

0.91 (0.85–0.98)

0.92 (0.86–0.99)

0.93 (0.87–1.00)

 Q4

1,412

1.24 (1.17–1.30)

0.91 (0.85–0.98)

0.92 (0.86–0.99)

0.94 (0.87–1.01)

Per 1-SD increment

 IGF-1 < 26 nmol/L

5,300

1.44 (1.40–1.48)

0.87 (0.83–0.90)

0.89 (0.86–0.92)

0.93 (0.90–0.97)

 IGF-1 ≥ 26 nmol/L

940

1.06 (0.99–1.13)

1.11 (1.03–1.18)

1.10 (1.03–1.18)

1.09 (1.02–1.17)

Parkinson's disease

 Q1

416

0.36 (0.33–0.40)

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

 Q2

478

0.41 (0.38–0.45)

1.17 (1.03–1.33)

1.18 (1.03–1.34)

1.20 (1.05–1.37)

 Q3

548

0.48 (0.44–0.52)

1.37 (1.21–1.56)

1.38 (1.21–1.57)

1.41 (1.24–1.60)

 Q4

674

0.59 (0.55–0.63)

1.74 (1.54–1.97)

1.76 (1.56–1.99)

1.78 (1.57–2.01)

 Per 1-SD increment

2,116

0.46 (0.44–0.48)

1.23 (1.18–1.27)

1.23 (1.18–1.28)

1.23 (1.18–1.28)

  1. Model 1 was adjusted for age (timescale) and sex
  2. Model 2 was additionally adjusted for ethnicity, educational attainment, Townsend deprivation index
  3. Model 3 was additionally adjusted for smoking status, alcohol intake frequency, vegetable and fruit intake, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, total cholesterol, and C-reactive protein
  4. The SD of IGF-1 was 5.65 nmol/L, the cut-off value of IGF-1 quartiles were 17.7 nmol/L, 21.4 nmol/L, 24.9 nmol/L
  5. Abbreviation: CI Confidence interval, IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor-1, HR Hazard ratio, SD Standard deviation