Table 3.

Cox regression models (with hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence interval (CI)) for incident hospital diagnosis of dementia among men and women in Sweden with diagnoses of AF and aged ≥ 45 years, categorized by age-group; patients with an earlier known hospital episode of dementia before AF diagnosis were excluded

Variables	Men				Women
	Aged 45–79 years (n = 7882)		Aged 80 + years (n = 6215)		Aged 45–79 years (n = 6470)		Aged 80 + yrs (n = 9765)
	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
Educational level (> 12 years ref)
≤ 9 yrs	1.14	1.07–1.21	1.18	1.11–1.26	1.17	1.09–1.26	1.22	1.15–1.28
10–12 yrs	1.07	1.00–1.14	1.15	1.07–1.23	1.06	0.98–1.14	1.19	1.12–1.27
Marital status (married ref)
Unmarried	0.96	0.88–1.04	0.94	0.85–1.04	1.13	1.02–1.26	1.00	0.92–1.09
Divorced	1.09	1.03–1.17	1.11	1.02–1.22	1.14	1.06–1.22	1.04	0.91–1.12
Widowed	1.02	0.95–1.10	0.89	0.84–0.94	1.02	0.96–1.07	0.95	0.91–1.00
Neighbourhood deprivation level (medium ref)
Low	1.11	1.04–1.19	1.08	0.99–1.16	1.14	1.06–1.23	1.15	1.08–1.22
High	1.08	1.01–1.16	1.09	1.01–1.17	1.07	0.99–1.15	0.99	0.93–1.05
Unknown	1.65	1.55–1.75	1.61	1.51–1.72	1.82	1.70-1.95	1.65	1.57–1.74

Bold values denote statistically significant values