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. 2010 Jun 24;2(3):19. doi: 10.1186/alzrt43

Table 2.

Logistic regression models illustrating the odds of all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia (95% confidence intervals) by vascular conditions, diabetes and APOE genotype

All-cause dementia Alzheimer's disease Vascular dementia
Basic adjusted models* Fully adjusted models† Basic adjusted models* Fully adjusted models† Basic adjusted models* Fully adjusted models‡
Hypertension 0.7 (0.4-1.2) 0.7 (0.4-1.2) 0.6 (0.4-1.1) 0.7 (0.4-1.2) 1.7 (0.6-5.0) 2.0 (0.6-6.3)
Diabetes 0.9 (0.5-1.7) 1.1 (0.5-2.1) 0.6 (0.3-1.6) 0.7 (0.3-1.7) 0.8 (0.4-1.4) 0.5 (0.2-1.1)
Heart disease 1.5 (0.9-2.6) 1.4 (0.8-2.4) 1.4 (0.8-2.6) 1.5 (0.8-2.9) 2.2 (0.7-7.6) 2.6 (0.8-8.4)
Stroke 3.7 (2.2-6.2) 3.7 (2.0-6.9) 2.4 (1.5-3.9) 2.3 (1.3-4.0) § §
APOE ε4 2.5 (1.7-3.9) 2.8 (1.7-4.5) 2.6 (1.5-4.6) 2.6 (1.5-4.8) 2.3 (1.0-5.2) 2.3 (1.1-5.1)

Population weights are used to adjust for the sampling design. *Adjusted for age, sex, education, ethnicity, and Health and Retirement Study (HRS) wave. †Adjusted for age, sex, education, ethnicity, HRS wave, and all other variables in the table. ‡Adjusted for age, sex, education, ethnicity, HRS wave, and all other variables in the table excluding stroke. §Not examined as stroke is a central diagnostic criterion for vascular dementia [31]. APOE ε4, apolipoprotein ε4.