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Table 3 Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of all-cause dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and vascular dementia by number of parameters with high variability measured as coefficient of variation

From: Variability in metabolic parameters and risk of dementia: a nationwide population-based study

Number of parameters

Events (n)

Incidence rate (per 1000 person-years)

Model 1a

Model 2b

Competing risk analysisc

All-cause dementia

 0

6744

1.28

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

 1

12,195

1.99

1.23 (1.19–1.27)

1.22 (1.19–1.26)

1.22 (1.18–1.25)

 2

9528

3.00

1.41 (1.37–1.46)

1.39 (1.35–1.43)

1.38 (1.33–1.42)

 3

3783

4.40

1.58 (1.51–1.64)

1.54 (1.48–1.60)

1.50 (1.43–1.56)

 4

651

6.38

1.79 (1.65–1.94)

1.73 (1.60–1.88)

1.66 (1.53–1.81)

P for trend

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Alzheimer’s disease

 0

4952

0.94

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

 1

9136

1.49

1.24 (1.20–1.28)

1.23 (1.19–1.27)

1.22 (1.18–1.27)

 2

7106

2.24

1.40 (1.35–1.45)

1.37 (1.32–1.42)

1.36 (1.31–1.41)

 3

2818

3.28

1.55 (1.48–1.62)

1.50 (1.43–1.57)

1.46 (1.39–1.53)

 4

474

4.64

1.71 (1.55–1.88)

1.65 (1.50–1.81)

1.58 (1.43–1.74)

P for trend

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Vascular dementia

 0

815

0.16

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

 1

1350

0.22

1.18 (1.09–1.29)

1.18 (1.08–1.29)

1.18 (1.08–1.29)

 2

990

0.31

1.34 (1.22–1.47)

1.34 (1.22–1.47)

1.33 (1.21–1.46)

 3

393

0.46

1.56 (1.38–1.77)

1.56 (1.38–1.76)

1.52 (1.35–1.72)

 4

81

0.79

2.18 (1.73–2.74)

2.17 (1.72–2.73)

2.09 (1.66–2.64)

P for trend

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. ref. reference
  2. aAdjusted for age, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, regular exercise, and income
  3. bAdjusted for model 1 plus glucose, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, and body mass index
  4. cAnalysis using subdistribution hazards model, mortality considered a competing risk
  5. Bold data are data with statistical significance