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. 2009 Nov 24;39(1):104–111. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afp210

Table 2.

ORs and 95% CIs for associations between APOE allele/genotype and dementia

Comparison using non-demented controls
Comparison using HF non-demented controls
Adjusteda Adjusteda and weightedb Adjusteda Adjusteda and weightedb
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Allele
ε2 0.6 0.3–0.9 0.3 0.1–0.6 0.6 0.3–1.1 0.2 0.1–0.5
ε3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
ε4 2.2 1.6–3.0 2.9 1.7–4.9 2.4 1.6–3.5 3.2 1.8–5.6
Genotype
ε2/ε2 0.5 0.0–5.7 0.3 0.1–1.7 0.1 0.0–6.0 0.1 0.0–0.4
ε2/ε3 0.6 0.3–1.1 0.2 0.1–0.7 0.7 0.3–1.4 0.3 0.1–0.8
ε2/ε4 0.6 0.2–2.3 0.2 0.0–1.3 1.2 0.3–5.4 0.6 0.2–2.1
ε3/ε3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
ε3/ε4 2.3 1.5–3.6 3.6 1.8–7.3 2.1 1.3–3.5 3.1 1.4–6.5
ε4/ε4 5.0 1.9–13.0 7.9 1.6–39.2 9.1 3.0–27.2 18.1 4.9–67.0
a

For age group, sex, education and social class.

b

For study design and drop-out.