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. 2025 May 20;56(3):697–710. doi: 10.12182/20250560503

Table 2. Association of birth weight with risk of all-cause dementia and its subtypes.

Factors Normal birth
weight
Low birth weight
HR (95% CI)
Macrosomia
HR (95% CI)
 HR: hazard ratio.
All-cause dementia
 Cases/person years 2884/14902848 564/2030471 637/2629258
 Model 1 1 1.21 (1.10, 1.32) 1.06 (0.94, 1.16)
 Model 2 1 1.25 (1.15, 1.37) 1.04 (0.95, 1.13)
 Model 3 1 1.18 (1.08, 1.30) 1.01 (0.92, 1.10)
Alzheimer's disease
 Cases/person years 1277/1490284 248/2030471 303/2629258
 Model 1 1 1.18 (1.04, 1.36) 1.13 (1.00, 1.28)
 Model 2 1 1.20 (1.05, 1.38) 1.13 (0.99, 1.28)
 Model 3 1 1.14 (1.00, 1.31) 1.10 (0.97, 1.25)
Vascular dementia
 Cases/person years 635/1490284 129/2030471 125/2629258
 Model 1 1 1.25 (1.04, 1.51) 0.94 (0.78, 1.14)
 Model 2 1 1.32 (1.09, 1.60) 0.88 (0.73, 1.07)
 Model 3 1 1.22 (1.01, 1.48) 0.84 (0.69, 1.01)