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) |