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. 2023 Jul 29;15:129. doi: 10.1186/s13195-023-01277-8

Table 1.

Participant characteristics and association to incident Alzheimer’s disease and all-cause dementia diagnosis within 17 years

Predictor Alzheimer’s disease
n (%)
All-cause dementia
n (%)
Participants without dementia diagnosis
n (%)
Alzheimer’s disease
OR (95% CI) p-value
All-cause dementia
OR (95% CI) p -alue
n 153 464 5301 - -
Age, mean ± SD 66.6 ± 5.2 66.9 ± 5.2 61.3 ± 6.4 1.16 (1.12–1.24) < .0001 1.17 (1.15–1.19) < .0001
 Male 67 (43.8) 227 (48.9) 2423 (45.7) Ref Ref
 Female 86 (56.2) 237 (51.1) 2878 (54.3) 1.12 (0.81–1.55) .55 0.89 (0.73–1.09) .26
APOE4 76 (50) 280 (60.7) 3970 (75.4) Ref Ref
APOE4 +  76 (50) 181 (39.3) 1299 (24.7) 3.27 (2.35–4.55) < .0001 2.14 (1.74–2.63) < .0001
Kunkle PRS
 Q1 27 (17.7) 103 (22.2) 1338 (25.2) Ref Ref
 Q2 32(20.9) 102 (22.0) 1339 (25.3) 1.10 (0.65–1.86) .71 0.92 (0.69–1.24) .59
 Q3 35 (22.9) 103 (22.2) 1339 (25.3) 1.20 (0.72–2.00) .49 0.91 (0.68–1.21) .51
 Q4 59 (38.6) 156 (33.6) 1285 (24.2) 2.19 (1.37–3.51) .001 1.49 (1.14–1.96) .004
Bellenguez PRS
 Q1 24 (15.7) 98 (21.1) 1343 (25.3) Ref Ref
 Q2 39 (25.5) 105 (22.6) 1336 (25.2) 1.63 (0.97–2.75) .06 1.09 (0.81–1.46) .58
 Q3 40 (26.1) 122 (26.3) 1320 (24.9) 1.68 (1.001–2.83) .048 1.23 (0.92–1.64) .15
 Q4 50 (32.7) 139 (30.0) 1302 (24.6) 2.09 (1.27–3.44) .0039 1.38 (1.04–1.82) .03

Kunkle PRS

per SD increase

- - - 1.51 (1.30–1.75) < .0001 1.30 (1.12–1.36) < .0001

Bellenguez PRS

per SD increase

- - - 1.32 (1.11–1.56) .001 1.14 (1.03–1.26) .01

Note: Logistic regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, and 10 principal components. Bold values denote statistical significance at the p < .05 level

Abbreviations: APOE e4 + 1 or more e4 alleles, APOE e4—no e4 alleles, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, SD standard deviation, Q quartile