Table 4.

Hazard ratios comparing the risk of MCI or probable dementia by groups of DII scores

	Hazard ratios (95% CIs)
Model	Group 1, reference	Group 2 versus Group 1	Group 3 versus Group 1	Group 4 versus Group 1	Test for trend P value
Model 1	1.00	1.06 (0.90–1.24)	0.97 (0.82–1.16)	1.30 (1.10–1.52)	.01
Model 2	1.00	0.99 (0.84–1.16)	0.95 (0.80–1.13)	1.25 (1.06–1.47)	.01
Model 3	1.00	1.01 (0.86–1.20)	0.99 (0.82–1.18)	1.27 (1.06–1.52)	.03

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; DII, Dietary Inflammatory Index; MCI, mild cognitive impairment.

NOTE. Model 1: unadjusted. Model 2: adjusted for age, education, race, hormone therapy treatment. Model 3: adjusted for model 2 items plus diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol requiring pills, NSAID use, BMI, physical activity, energy intake, geographic region, and smoking.