TABLE 2.
Incidence rates (IRs) per 100 person‐years and adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) of dementia with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) by baseline multimorbidity patterns (N = 2478)
| Incident dementia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimorbidity patterns | Cases | IR (95% CI) | aHR (95% CI) |
| Unspecific (N = 1165) | 208 | 1.9 (1.7‐2.2) | 1.00 (Ref.) |
| Neuropsychiatric (N = 183) | 38 | 2.5 (1.8‐3.5) | 1.66 (1.13‐2.42) |
| Cardiovascular (N = 243) | 65 | 4.7 (3.7‐6.0) | 1.61 (1.17‐2.29) |
| Sensory impairment/cancer (N = 384) | 122 | 4.7 (4.0‐5.7) | 1.32 (1.10‐1.71) |
| Respiratory/metabolic/musculoskeletal (N = 503) | 75 | 1.6 (1.7‐2.2) | 0.97 (0.73‐1.29) |
Cox models are adjusted for age, sex, education, civil status, malnutrition, C‐reactive protein levels, APOE genotype, and baseline Mini‐Mental State Examination score.