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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thromb Haemost. 2018 Jun 6;16(7):1259–1267. doi: 10.1111/jth.14138

Table 2.

Hemostatic Factors and Odds Ratios of Incident Cognitive Impairment

Biomarker Model Odds Ratio (95% CI) ICI for Categories of Hemostasis Biomarkers
Quartile 2 vs.1 Quartile 3 vs. 1 Quartile 4 vs. 1 Abnormal Value**
D-dimer, μg/mL Unadjusted 1.03
(0.71, 1.52)
1.51
(1.06, 2.17)
1.32
(0.92, 1.89)
1.32
(1.02, 1.70)
Adjusted* 0.94
(0.57, 1.54)
1.30
(0.80, 2.11)
1.02
(0.61, 1.71)
1.17
(0.83, 1.66)
Fibrinogen, mg/dL Unadjusted 1.06
(0.74, 1.54)
1.09
(0.76, 1.50)
1.26
(0.8, 1.81)
1.83
(1.24, 2.71)
Adjusted* 1.24
(0.78, 1.99)
1.02
(0.65, 1.74)
0.76
(0.45, 1.27)
1.40
(0.82, 2.41)
Factor VIII antigen, % Unadjusted 0.71
(0.49, 1.04)
0.87
(0.60, 1.25)
1.37
(0.97, 1.93)
1.63
(1.11, 2.38)
Adjusted* 0.56
(0.34, 0.90)
0.74
(0.46, 1.20)
0.94
(0.50, 1.60)
1.19
(0.71, 1.97)
Protein C antigen, % Unadjusted 0.84
(0.59, 1.19)
0.97
(0.68, 1.38)
0.77
(0.52, 1.09)
1.10
(0.73, 1.65)
Adjusted* 0.78
(0.49, 1.24)
1.17
(0.73, 1.87)
0.75
(0.45, 1.24)
0.94
(0.50, 1.76)
*

Adjusted for age, race, sex, education, income, region, smoking, alcohol use, CAD, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, LVH, history of TIA, BMI, CRP>90th percentile, aspirin use, statin use, warfarin use, presence of at least 1 Apoe4 allele

**

D-dimer >0.50 μg/mL, factor VIII >90th percentile (168%), fibrinogen >90th percentile (502 mg/dL), protein C <10th percentile (95%)

D-dimer Q1≤0.23 μg/mL, Q2=0.26–0.37 ug-mL, Q3=0.38–0.74 μg/mL, Q4≥0.75μg/mL

Factor VIII Q1≤91%, Q2=91–109%, Q3=109–134%, Q4≥134%

Fibrinogen Q1≤331mg/dL, Q2=332–381 mg/dL, Q3=382–441 mg/dL, Q4≥442 mg/dL,

Protein C Q1≤108%, Q2=108–122%, Q3=122–136%, Q4≥136%