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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2019 Oct 18;86(6):913–926. doi: 10.1002/ana.25614

Table 4. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of Parkinson’s disease (PD) per standard deviation increase in the concentrations of specific leukocytes, after adjustment for age, sex, country of birth, socio-economic status, and fasting status a prospective cohort analysis*.

Cohort analysis of ALS
Overall Person-years No. of outcomes HR (95% CI)
Lymphocyte, 109 cells/L 771,683 53 1.04 (0.88-1.23)
Monocyte, 109 cells/L 762,037 52 0.96 (0.71-1.31)
Neutrophil, 109 cells/L 329,136 25 0.93 (0.60-1.44)
Eosinophil, 109 cells/L 709,283 49 1.18 (1.01-1.39)
Men Person-years No. of outcomes HR (95% CI)
Lymphocyte, 109 cells/L 320,934 26 1.00 (0.66-1.52)
Monocyte, 109 cells/L 316,660 25 0.96 (0.62-1.49)
Neutrophil, 109 cells/L 130,764 9 0.86 (0.38-1.97)
Eosinophil, 109 cells/L 295,661 24 0.93 (0.60-1.42)
Women Person-years No. of outcomes HR (95% CI)
Lymphocyte, 109 cells/L 450,749 27 1.06 (0.89-1.26)
Monocyte, 109 cells/L 445,377 27 0.98 (0.63-1.52)
Neutrophil, 109 cells/L 198,371 16 0.96 (0.57-1.62)
Eosinophil, 109 cells/L 413,622 25 1.32 (1.12-1.55)
Cohort analysis of PD
Overall Person-years No. of outcomes HR (95% CI)
Lymphocyte, 109 cells/L 598,755 306 0.74 (0.59-0.94)
Monocyte, 109 cells/L 590,977 297 0.97 (0.85-1.09)
Neutrophil, 109 cells/L 242,248 152 1.00 (0.84-1.19)
Eosinophil, 109 cells/L 549,074 284 0.97 (0.86-1.10)
Men Person-years No. of outcomes HR (95% CI)
Lymphocyte, 109 cells/L 248,078 181 0.72 (0.54-0.98)
Monocyte, 109 cells/L 244,656 174 0.95 (0.81-1.11)
Neutrophil, 109 cells/L 95,603 87 0.88 (0.68-1.13)
Eosinophil, 109 cells/L 228,092 170 0.94 (0.80-1.10)
Women Person-years No. of outcomes HR (95% CI)
Lymphocyte, 109 cells/L 350,676 125 0.78 (0.54-1.11)
Monocyte, 109 cells/L 346,320 123 0.99 (0.81-1.21)
Neutrophil, 109 cells/L 146,644 65 1.14 (0.91-1.43)
Eosinophil, 109 cells/L 320,981 114 1.02 (0.84-1.24)
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Bolded HRs are statistically significant with a P value of <0.05.