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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Heart Fail. 2016 Sep 9;19(2):253–260. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.631

Table 4.

Risk of dementia in selected subgroups of heart failure patients: adjusted hazard ratios (reference group general population)

1–10 year adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)* 11–35 year adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)*

Alzheimer’s disease Vascular dementia Other dementias All-cause dementia Alzheimer’s disease Vascular dementia Other dementias All-cause dementia
Myocardial infarction
Yes 1.01 (0.90–1.15) 1.23 (1.05–1.44) 1.14 (1.04–1.24) 1.11 (1.04–1.19) 0.88 (0.65–1.20) 1.15 (0.79–1.69) 1.18 (0.95–1.46) 1.08 (0.92–1.27)
No 0.99 (0.95–1.03) 1.39 (1.31–1.48) 1.26 (1.22–1.30) 1.18 (1.15–1.20) 0.85 (0.76–0.95) 1.43 (1.25–1.64) 1.24 (1.15–1.33) 1.14 (1.08–1.21)
Angina pectoris
Yes 0.77 (0.69–0.86) 1.35 (1.18–1.54) 1.17 (1.09–1.26) 1.07 (1.01–1.13) 0.74 (0.55–1.00) 1.47 (1.01–2.14) 1.03 (0.84–1.26) 0.99 (0.86–1.16)
No 1.02 (0.98–1.07) 1.36 (1.28–1.45) 1.26 (1.22–1.30) 1.19 (1.16–1.22) 0.87 (0.78–0.97) 1.38 (1.20–1.58) 1.26 (1.18–1.35) 1.16 (1.10–1.22)
Atrial fibrillation or flutter
Yes 0.94 (0.83–1.06) 1.12 (0.96–1.31) 1.18 (1.08–1.28) 1.10 (1.03–1.17) 0.94 (0.61–1.43) 1.07 (0.66–1.72) 1.10 (0.84–1.43) 1.05 (0.86–1.30)
No 0.99 (0.95–1.03) 1.40 (1.32–1.49) 1.25 (1.22–1.29) 1.18 (1.15–1.20) 0.84 (0.75–0.93) 1.42 (1.25–1.62) 1.24 (1.16–1.33) 1.14 (1.08–1.20)
Valvular heart disease
Yes 0.78 (0.62–0.98) 1.17 (0.86–1.61) 1.29 (1.09–1.53) 1.08 (0.96–1.22) 1.01 (0.46–2.23) 2.24 (0.79–6.37) 2.04 (1.21–3.46) 1.71 (1.14–2.54)
No 1.00 (0.96–1.04) 1.37 (1.30–1.45) 1.25 (1.21–1.28) 1.17 (1.15–1.20) 0.85 (0.76–0.94) 1.38 (1.22–1.57) 1.22 (1.14–1.31) 1.13 (1.07–1.19)
Hypertension
Yes 0.96 (0.86–1.06) 1.27 (1.12–1.44) 1.31 (1.22–1.40) 1.19 (1.13–1.26) 0.63 (0.42–0.93) 1.39 (0.90–2.16) 1.13 (0.89–1.44) 1.01 (0.84–1.22)
No 0.99 (0.95–1.03) 1.38 (1.29–1.47) 1.23 (1.19–1.27) 1.16 (1.13–1.19) 0.86 (0.78–0.96) 1.39 (1.22–1.59) 1.24 (1.15–1.32) 1.14 (1.08–1.20)
Myocarditis
Yes (.–.) (.–.) 3.72 (1.02–13.59) 0.99 (0.37–2.67) (.–.) (.–.) (.–.) (.–.)
No 0.99 (0.95–1.03) 1.37 (1.30–1.45) 1.25 (1.21–1.29) 1.17 (1.15–1.20) 0.85 (0.76–0.94) 1.39 (1.23–1.58) 1.23 (1.15–1.31) 1.13 (1.08–1.19)
Cardiomyopathy
Yes 0.86 (0.41–1.78) 1.47 (0.63–3.46) 1.18 (0.73–1.93) 1.15 (0.80–1.65) 1.12 (0.07–18.41) (.–.) 1.06 (0.15–7.30) 1.85 (0.51–6.70)
No 0.99 (0.95–1.03) 1.37 (1.29–1.45) 1.25 (1.21–1.29) 1.17 (1.15–1.20) 0.85 (0.76–0.94) 1.39 (1.23–1.58) 1.23 (1.15–1.32) 1.13 (1.08–1.19)

CI, confidence interval.

(.–.) Insufficient for estimates.

*

Adjusted for age, sex, calendar year, stroke, atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, myocardial infarction, stable angina pectoris, valvular heart disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obesity, myxedema, alcoholism-related disease, head trauma, osteoarthritis, anemia, chronic kidney disease, and a modified CCI score (except the stratified variable).