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Table 3 Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of the duration of hormone therapy on the diagnosis of dementia

From: Hormone therapy and the decreased risk of dementia in women with depression: a population-based cohort study

 

All dementia

Alzheimer’s disease

Vascular dementia

Crude

Adjusteda

Crude

Adjusteda

Crude

Adjusteda

Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval)

Duration of OC use (years)

 Never

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

 < 1

0.71 (0.68, 0.74)

0.92 (0.88, 0.96)

0.71 (0.67, 0.74)

0.92 (0.88, 0.97)

0.76 (0.66, 0.87)

0.96 (0.84, 1.10)

 ≥ 1

0.78 (0.74, 0.82)

0.90 (0.86, 0.95)

0.77 (0.73, 0.81)

0.89 (0.84, 0.94)

0.87 (0.75, 1.01)

0.97 (0.84, 1.13)

Duration of HRT (years)

 Never

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

 < 2

0.43 (0.41, 0.45)

0.84 (0.80, 0.88)

0.43 (0.40, 0.45)

0.84 (0.79, 0.89)

0.44 (0.38, 0.51)

0.82 (0.71, 0.96)

 2–5

0.40 (0.37, 0.43)

0.80 (0.74, 0.86)

0.39 (0.36, 0.43)

0.80 (0.74, 0.88)

0.42 (0.33, 0.53)

0.81 (0.64, 1.02)

 ≥ 5

0.48 (0.45, 0.52)

0.78 (0.72, 0.84)

0.48 (0.44, 0.52)

0.78 (0.71, 0.85)

0.39 (0.30, 0.51)

0.61 (0.47, 0.79)

  1. Abbreviations: OC oral contraceptives, HRT hormone replacement therapy
  2. aAdjusted for age, body mass index, level of income, current smoking, drinking status, regular exercise, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia