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Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2009 Jan-Mar;23(1):1–10. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e318187541c

Table 2.

Summary of results from the systematic review on the association between diabetes and incident AD. Interacting factors with diabetes are also included.

Article Study Name Sample Size Number of Incident AD Cases Years of Follow Up Risk Factor Interactions OR/RR/HR 95% Confidence Interval P value
Hayden/200620 CCSMHA 3264 104 Max: 5 diabetes not analyzed 1.33 0.66–2.46 n.s.
Akomolafe/200636 Framingham 2210 237 12.7 diabetes not analyzed 1.15 0.65–2.05 n.s.
Borenstein/200535 Kame Project 1859 90 Max: 9 diabetes not analyzed not given not given 0.35
Xu/200434 Kungsholmen Project 1301 260 Max: 6 diabetes not analyzed 1.3 0.9–2.1 n.s.
Lindsay/200223 CSHA 4615 194 Max: 5 diabetes not analyzed 1.03 0.58–1.84 n.s.
MacKnight/200238 CSHA 5574 267 Max: 5 diabetes not analyzed 1.3 0.83–2.03 n.s.
Posner/200226 WHICAP 1259 157 Max: 7 diabetes not analyzed 1.3 0.7–2.6 n.s.
Luchsinger/200137 WHICAP 1262 157 4.3 diabetes not analyzed 1.3 0.8–1.9 n.s.
Tyas/200127 MSHA 694 36 Max: 5 diabetes not analyzed 2.7 0.85–8.52 n.s.
Arvanitakis/200439 Religious Orders Study 824 151 5.5 diabetes not analyzed 1.65 1.10–2.47 not given
Xu/200733 Kungsholmen Project 1173 307 Max: 9 borderline diabetes not analyzed 1.77 1.06–2.97 not given
Peila/200240 HHP/HAAS 2574 76 2.91 diabetes, type 2 not analyzed 1.9 1.1–3.2 not given
Honig/200332 WHICAP 1766 181 Max: 7 diabetes stroke 4.12 2.35–7.23 not given
Luchsinger/200528 WHICAP 1138 176 5.5 diabetes hypertension 3.3 1.9–5.9 0.03
Xu/200733 Kungsholmen Project 1173 307 Max: 9 borderline diabetes severe systolic hypertension (≥180 mm Hg) 4.89 1.07–22.42 0.04
Xu/200434 Kungsholmen Project 1301 260 Max: 6 diabetes severe systolic hypertension (≥180 mm Hg) 2.6 1.0–6.8 0.05
Borenstein/200535 Kame Project 1859 90 Max: 9 diabetes APOE ε4 non carriers 2.68 1.20–6.00 0.02
Borenstein/200535 Kame Project 1859 90 Max: 9 diabetes APOE ε4 carriers 0.45 0.11–1.96 0.29
Xu/200733 Kungsholmen Project 1173 307 Max: 9 borderline diabetes APOE-ε4 not given not given n.s.
Xu/200434 Kungsholmen Project 1301 260 Max: 6 diabetes APOE ε4 carriers 1 0.3–2.9 n.s.
Peila/200240 HHP/HAAS 2574 76 2.91 diabetes, type 2 APOE ε4 not given not given p>0.2

AD-Alzheimer disease; OR-odds ratio; RR-relative risk; HR-hazard ratio; CCSMHA-Cache County Study of Memory, Health, and Aging; CSHA-Canadian Study of Health and Aging; WHICAP-Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project; MSHA-Manitoba Study of Health and Aging; HHP/HAAS-Honolulu Heart Program/Honolulu- Asia Aging Study