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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2016 Feb 9;29(3):120–125. doi: 10.1177/0891988715627016

Table 2B.

Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Interval of the Association Between Alzheimer Dementia and Diabetes Mellitus.a,b,c

Variables Alzheimer Dementia
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Model 1 OR (95% CI) Model 2 OR (95% CI) Model 3 OR (95% CI)
DM 0.73 (0.72–0.74)d 0.87 (0.86–0.87)d 0.87 (0.86–0.88)d 0.57 (0.56–0.58)d
Age 1.09 (1.09–1.09)d 1.09 (1.09–1.09)d 1.09 (1.09–1.09)d
Gender
 Male Ref Ref Ref
 Female 1.19 (1.18–1.20)d 1.17 (1.16–1.17)d 1.17 (1.16–1.18)d
Race
 White Ref Ref Ref
 Black 1.44 (1.38–1.51)d 1.45 (1.39–1.51)d 1.49 (1.43–1.55)d
 Hispanic 1.27 (1.19–1.36)d 1.27 (1.19–1.36)d 1.27 (1.18–1.36)d
 Other 1.00 (0.94–1.08)d 1.00 (0.94–1.07) 1.01 (0.94–1.08)
Stroke 1.59 (1.54–1.65)d 1.56 (1.50–1.61)d
Depression 1.79 (1.76–1.83)d 1.83 (1.80–1.87)d
Hypertension 0.89 (0.88–0.90)d 0.87 (0.86–0.88)d
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 0.73 (0.71–0.74)d 0.73 (0.71–0.74)d
Interaction of DM and age 1.61 (1.58–1.64)d
Interaction of DM and race
 DM–Black 0.94 (0.92–0.96)d
 DM–Hispanic 1.01 (0.98–1.05)
 DM–other 1.00 (0.96–1.04)
Interaction of DM and depression 0.90 (0.88–0.92)d
Interaction of DM and stroke 1.09 (1.05–1.14)d
Interaction of DM and hypertension 1.09 (1.08–1.11)d

Abbreviations: Ref, reference category; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; DM, diabetes mellitus.

a

Model 1: DM and demographics (age, gender, and race/ethnicity).

b

Model 2: DM and demographics (age, gender, and race/ethnicity), and comorbidities (stroke, depression, hypertension, and COPD).

c

Model 3: DM and demographics (age, gender, and race/ethnicity), comorbidities (stroke, depression, hypertension, and COPD), and interaction terms.

d

P < .05.