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Table 3 Hazard ratios comparing survival in minority ethnic groups to the White British group, stratified by dementia subtype

From: Ethnicity and survival after a dementia diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study using electronic health record data

Ethnicity

Lewy body dementia (n = 644)

Mixed dementia (n = 3287)

Other/unspecified (n = 2054)

Alzheimer’s disease (n = 5789)

Vascular dementia (n = 2719)

Black African

0.77 (0.34–1.77)

0.67 (0.48–0.94)

0.39 (0.24–0.61)

0.55 (0.36–0.84)

0.68 (0.49–0.93)

Black Caribbean

0.46 (0.31–0.70)

0.53 (0.45–0.63)

0.59 (0.48–0.73)

0.55 (0.47–0.65)

0.62 (0.54–0.73)

South Asian

0.55 (0.28–1.08)

0.73 (0.52–1.01)

0.68 (0.47–0.98)

0.71 (0.55–0.91)

0.80 (0.58–1.10)

White Irish

0.74 (0.47–1.17)

0.82 (0.65–1.03)

0.76 (0.59–0.98)

0.94 (0.77–1.14)

0.76 (0.60–0.96)

Any other Asian background

0.55 (0.20–1.48)

0.71 (0.48–1.06)

0.96 (0.64–1.44)

0.54 (0.38–0.78)

1.18 (0.83–1.68)

Any other Black background

0.54 (0.22–1.31)

0.69 (0.38–1.27)

0.54 (0.28–1.01)

0.7 (0.45–1.08)

0.54 (0.34–0.84)

Any other ethnic group

0.61 (0.28–1.31)

0.86 (0.64–1.15)

0.81 (0.56–1.17)

0.69 (0.53–0.89)

0.63 (0.44–0.90)

Any other mixed background

  

1.50 (0.48–4.74)

0.57 (0.14–2.31)

0.68 (0.17–2.76)

Any other White background

0.72 (0.44–1.20)

0.77 (0.62–0.95)

0.67 (0.52–0.86)

0.57 (0.47–0.69)

0.73 (0.59–0.91)

  1. All models adjust for age at diagnosis (squared), gender, MMSE score near index date, and neighbourhood-level deprivation