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Table 3 Association between intake of at least one systemic antiherpetic drugs and incidence of dementia - Cox models. ‶Echantillon Généraliste des Bénéficiaires.″ 2009–2017

From: Antiherpetic drugs: a potential way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease?

 

Adjusted modela

Events

aHR

95% CI

P-value

In all the subjects (n= 68291)

 All dementias

8883

0.90

0.82–0.99

0.03

 Alzheimer’s disease

5366

0.85

0.75–0.96

0.009

 Vascular dementia

1784

0.80

0.65–0.995

0.045

After exclusion of immunocompromised subjects, subjects with cancer or with an hospitalization related to herpesviruses (n=52254)

 All dementias

7044

0.84

0.75–0.94

0.002

 Alzheimer’s disease

4260

0.82

0.71–0.95

0.007

 Vascular dementia

1433

0.77

0.60–0.99

0.04

After carrying out a lag-time of 1 year (n= 68291)

 All dementias

8883

0.86

0.78–0.95

0.004

 Alzheimer’s disease

5366

0.78

0.68–0.90

0.001

 Vascular dementia

1784

0.87

0.691.09

0.23

After exclusion of participants with ≥ 2 deliveries of systemic AHDs per year of follow-up (n= 67904)

 All dementias

8856

0.91

0.83–0.997

0.04

 Alzheimer’s disease

5351

0.85

0.75–0.97

0.01

 Vascular dementia

1781

0.83

0.661.03

0.09

  1. Abbreviations: aHR adjusted hazard ratios, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, AHD antiherpetic drug
  2. aAdjustment for age at inclusion, sex, being beneficiary of a complementary health insurance for low-income people at inclusion, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, heart disease, stroke, intake of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, systemic, or inhaled glucocorticoids the year before inclusion, number of different medications the year before inclusion, number of outpatient medical consultations the year before inclusion