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. 2018 Sep 21;13(9):e0204436. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204436

Table 4. Excess mortality rate ratio (RER) with 95% confidence interval (CI) by diagnosis group, step-wise adjusted.

Modelled using flexible parametric models.

RER (95% CI)
Full sample, N = 4,682
RER (95% CI)
Reduced sample with non-missing values for all co-variates, N = 3,582
Diagnosis Age and gender adjusted model Age and gender adjusted model Fully adjusted*
 SCD 0.07 (0.01, 0.52) 0.11 (0.02, 0.62) 0.35 (0.07, 1.65)
 MCI 0.37 (0.26, 0.53) 0.38 (0.25, 0.56) 0.81 (0.55, 1.19)
 AD 1.00 1.00 1.00
 VaD 2.66 (1.91, 3.71) 2.49 (1.70, 3.65) 1.95 (1.31, 2.91)
 Mixed AD/VaD 1.40 (1.02, 1.92) 1.27 (0.89, 1.81) 1.25 (0.89, 1.76)
 DLB/PDD 2.46 (1.73, 3.51) 2.32 (1.55, 3.47) 2.03 (1.36, 3.04)
 Other dementia 1.20 (0.86, 1.69) 1.20 (0.83, 1.75) 1.30 (0.90, 1.88)

* Adjusted by comorbidity, IADL and MMSE, all on the continuous scale and years of education as a dichotomous variable (0–12, ≥13).