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Table 2 Sex-specific hazard ratios (HRs) and 95%CIs between type 2 diabetes and dementia subtypes*

From: Sex-specific associations between diabetes and dementia: the role of age at onset of disease, insulin use and complications

 

All-cause dementia

Alzheimer's disease

Vascular dementia

 

Dementia events (n)

Events per 1000 person-years

Adjusted HR

(95% CI)*

Dementia events (n)

Events per 1000 person-years

Adjusted HR

(95% CI)*

Dementia events (n)

Events per 1000 person-years

Adjusted HR

(95% CI)*

People with no diabetes at all

2561

0.54

Reference

1918

0.40

Reference

817

0.17

Reference

People with type 2 diabetes

         

 All patients

562

2.55

2.85 (2.56, 3.17)

322

1.46

2.38 (2.07, 2.73)

302

1.37

3.93 (3.36, 4.59)

 Female patients

207

2.51

2.93 (2.59, 3.32)

140

1.69

2.74 (2.24, 3.35)

84

1.02

2.67 (2.04, 3.49)

 Male patients

355

2.57

2.70 (2.28, 3.18)

182

1.31

2.15 (1.81, 2.56)

218

1.57

4.73 (3.99, 5.62)

 Ratio of HR (Female/Male)

  

1.19 (0.96, 1.46)

  

1.56 (1.20, 2.02)

  

0.89 (0.65, 1.22)

  1. * All HRs were adjusted for age at last follow-up, race/ethnicity, educational years, income level, physical activity level, leisure activities, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, hypertension status and APOE4 allele status