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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Aug;65(8):906–912. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.8.906

Table 4.

Data for Incident Dementia and Its Subtypes by the Presence of Depressive Symptoms and APOE ε4a

Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Neither Only e4 Only Dep Both
All dementia
 No. of participants 1439 324 146    23
 Standard model 1 [Reference]   1.1 (0.6–1.7)   1.9 (1.1–3.4)b   7.2 (3.1–16.8)c
 Extended model 1 [Reference]   1.1 (0.6–1.8)   1.6 (0.8–3.0)   7.1 (3.0–16.7)c
Pure AD
 No. of participants 1397 318 140    21
 Standard model 1 [Reference]   1.5 (0.7–3.0)   2.3 (1.0–5.3)b 12.6 (4.4–37.0)c
 Extended model 1 [Reference]   1.6 (0.8–3.1)   2.2 (0.9–5.2) 13.0 (4.3–39.5)c
Vascular dementia
 No. of participants 1382 307 135    18
 Standard model 1 [Reference]    NA   1.3 (0.3–5.8)   5.2 (0.7–40.1)
 Extended model 1 [Reference]    NA   0.6 (0.1–4.8)   4.1 (0.5–33.7)
Mixed AD
 No. of participants 1408 321 142    22
 Standard model 1 [Reference]   1.4 (0.8–2.6)   2.3 (1.1–4.7)b 10.7 (4.2–27.3)c
 Extended model 1 [Reference]   1.5 (0.8–2.7)   2.1 (0.9–4.5) 10.4 (3.9–27.4)c

Abbreviations: APOE ε4, apolipoprotein E ε4; mixed AD, all Alzheimer disease including those with cerebrovascular disease; NA, not applicable owing to the small number; pure AD, Alzheimer disease without apparent cerebrovascular disease.

a

Neither refers to men without depressive symptoms and APOE ε4 negative; only e4, men without depressive symptoms and APOE ε4 positive; only Dep, men with depressive symptoms and APOE ε4 negative; and both, men with depressive symptoms and APOE ε4 positive. The standard model was adjusted for age at examination 4, educational level, and self-reported memory deterioration at baseline. The extended model was adjusted for age at examination 4, educational level, self-reported memory deterioration at baseline, midlife systolic and diastolic blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, smoking status, cholesterol level at examination 4, body mass index at examination 4, and stroke history.

b

P<.05.

c

P<.001.