Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Health Aging. 2008 Nov;12(9):648–650. doi: 10.1007/BF03008276

Table 1.

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals relating quartiles ofenergy-adjusted total folate intake to incident Alzheimer'sDisease. Model 1 is adjusted for age and gender. Model 2 isadjusted also for ethnic group, education, and APOE-ε4 allele, history of diabetes, hypertension, current smoking, heartdisease, stroke, and intake of vitamins B6 and B12.

Folate quartiles (μg) At risk Cases (Rate per 100 person-years) Model 1 Model 2
1 (≤ 292.9) 241 54 (3.7) 1.0 1.0
2 (293.0 - 365.0) 241 52 (3.4) 1.1 (0.7, 1.6) 0.9 (0.6,1.3)
3 (365.1 – 487.8) 241 49 (3.2) 0.9 (0.6,1.3) 0.7 (0.5,1.1)
4 (≥ 487.9) 242 37 (2.6) 0.7 (0.5,1.1) 0.5 (0.3,0.9)

P for trend 0.13 0.02