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Table 2 Associations of glucosamine use with incident cause-specific dementia

From: Habitual glucosamine use, APOE genotypes, and risk of incident cause-specific dementia in the older population

Categories of dementia

Glucosamine non-users

Glucosamine users

P value

N = 162,052

N = 52,893

Vascular dementia

 No. of case

1039

229

-

 Person-years

1,853,990

613,980

-

 Age- and sex-adjusted model

1 [Reference]

0.68 (0.59, 0.78)

 < 0.001

 Model 1

1 [Reference]

0.82 (0.70, 0.96)

0.014

 Model 2

1 [Reference]

0.83 (0.70, 0.97)

0.023

Alzheimer’s disease

  

 No. of case (%)

1774

581

 

 Person-years

1,852,132

613,119

 

 Age- and sex-adjusted model

1 [Reference]

0.97 (0.88, 1.07)

0.553

 Model 1

1 [Reference]

1.02 (0.92, 1.14)

0.648

 Model 2

1 [Reference]

1.00 (0.89, 1.11)

0.929

Frontotemporal dementia

 No. of case (%)

122

32

-

 Person-years

1,855,706

614,363

-

 Age- and sex-adjusted model

1 [Reference]

0.83 (0.56, 1.23)

0.348

 Model 1

1 [Reference]

0.95 (0.63, 1.43)

0.804

 Model 2

1 [Reference]

1.20 (0.78, 1.85)

0.401

  1. Model 1: adjusted for age, sex (female or male), ethnicity (white, others), centers, body mass index, household income (< 18,000, 18,000–30,999, 31,000–51,999, 52,000–10,000, > 100,000 £/yr), Townsend deprivation index, smoking status (never, former, current), alcohol consumption (daily or almost daily, 3–4 times a week, once or twice a week, 1–3 times a month, never or special occasions only), optimal physical activity (yes or no), family history of dementia (yes or no), APOE ε4 dosage (0, 1, 2), self-reported diabetes (yes or no), self-reported hypertension (yes or no), self-reported arthritis (yes or no), history of cardiovascular disease (yes or no), antihypertensive drugs (yes or no), lipid treatment (yes or no), aspirin use (yes or no), non-aspirin NSAID use (yes or no), insulin treatment (yes or no)
  2. Model 2: covariates in Model 1 plus cereal intake, fish intake, fruit intake, red meat intake, vegetable intake, vitamin supplements, mineral and other supplements, healthy diet score