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. 2019 Apr 26;42(7):1248–1254. doi: 10.2337/dc19-0120

Table 2.

Adjusted HRs (95% CI) for cognitive outcomes by diabetes status, glycemic control, and diabetes duration among participants who were cognitively normal at visit 5


Incident dementia
Incident MCI
n/N (%) Adjusted HR (95% CI) n/N (%) Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Diabetes
 No 164/2,690 (6.1) 1 (reference) 302/1,938 (15.6) 1 (reference)
 Yes 111/1,317 (8.4) 1.08 (0.83, 1.39) 153/882 (17.4) 1.23 (1.00, 1.51)*
Diabetes and glycemic control
 No diabetes 164/2,690 (6.1) 1 (reference) 302/1,938 (15.6) 1 (reference)
 Diabetes, HbA1c <7% 77/968 (8.0) 1.01 (0.76, 1.35) 105/655 (16.0) 1.11 (0.88, 1.40)
 Diabetes, HbA1c ≥7% (compared with no diabetes) 32/336 (9.5) 1.16 (0.77, 1.74) 48/218 (22.0) 1.73 (1.26, 2.38)***
 Diabetes, HbA1c ≥7% (compared with HbA1c <7%) 32/336 (9.5) 1.15 (0.75, 1.77) 48/218 (22.0) 1.56 (1.10, 2.21)*
Diabetes duration
 <5 years 17/336 (5.1) 1 (reference) 30/226 (13.3) 1 (reference)
 ≥5 years 89/921 (9.7) 1.91 (1.09, 3.35)* 118/617 (19.2) 1.58 (1.04, 2.41)*

Models are adjusted for age, race-center, sex, education level, cigarette smoking status (current/former/never), drinking status (current/former/never), APOE e4 (zero, one, or two alleles), hypertension (yes/no), history of stroke (yes/no), and history of CHD (yes/no). Diabetes was defined based on self-reported diagnosis, use of glucose-lowering medication, or HbA1c of ≥6.5% (48 mmol/mol). HbA1c of 7% is equivalent to 53 mmol/mol.

†Among persons with diabetes.

n/N: the number of incident cases (n) among the total number of participants in that group (N).

*P < 0.05; ***P < 0.001.