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. 2023 Nov 2;23:2141. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17050-3

Table 2.

The correlation between TV viewing/Computer use groups and outcomes (VD, all cause dementia, and AD)

Group All cause dementia AD VD
HR (95%CI) P HR (95%CI) P HR (95%CI) P
TV viewing (h)
Model 1
   ≤ 1 Re Re Re
  2–3 1.43(1.32–1.55)  < 0.001 1.48(1.31–1.67)  < 0.001 1.60(1.35–1.90)  < 0.001
   ≥ 4 2.64(2.44–2.85)  < 0.001 2.54(2.26–2.87)  < 0.001 3.19(2.69–3.78)  < 0.001
Model 2
   ≤ 1 Re Re Re
  2–3 1.13(1.05–1.22)  < 0.01 1.15(1.02–1.30)  < 0.05 1.24(1.05–1.47)  < 0.001
   ≥ 4 1.52(1.41–1.64)  < 0.001 1.41(1.25–1.59)  < 0.001 1.77(1.49–2.09)  < 0.001
Model 3
   ≤ 1 Re Re Re
  2–3 1.09(1.01–1.18)  < 0.05 1.12(0.99–1.26) 0.08 1.12(0.94–1.33) 0.202
   ≥ 4 1.29(1.19–1.40)  < 0.001 1.25(1.1–1.42)  < 0.001 1.24(1.04–1.49)  < 0.05
Computer use (h)
Model 1
   ≤ 1 Re Re Re
  2–3 0.98(0.92–0.529) 0.53 0.88(0.79–0.97)  < 0.05 0.98(0.86–1.130) 0.82
   ≥ 4 0.81(0.81–0.91)  < 0.001 0.7(0.58–0.84)  < 0.001 0.97(0.77–1.2) 0.76
Model 2
   ≤ 1 Re Re Re
  2–3 0.92(0.86–0.98)  < 0.01 0.84(0.76–0.94)  < 0.001 0.88(0.77–1.01) 0.07
   ≥ 4 1.02(0.91–1.15) 0.71 0.93(0.77–1.12) 0.44 1.18(0.94–1.47) 0.15
Model 3
 ≤ 1 Re Re Re
2–3 0.96(0.90–1.02) 0.21 0.9(0.81–1.00) 0.051 0.93(0.81–1.07) 0.31
 ≥ 4 1(0.89–1.12) 0.99 0.96(0.79–1.16) 0.65 1.11(0.88–1.39) 0.37

The Cox proportional risk models were applied to evaluate the HR of VD, AD, and all cause dementia. Model 1 was unadjusted; Model 2 was adjusted for sex and age; Model 3 was adjusted for education level, ethnicity, sex, age, alcohol use, BMI, TDI, smoking, MI, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension. AD Alzheimer's disease, VD vascular dementia, TDI Townsend deprivation index, MI myocardial infarction, BMI body mass index, RE reference