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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Jun 15;51(4):853–857. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.06.003

Table 5.

Sensitivity analysis of incident dementia by decade adjusting for prior cardiovascular disease events (myocardial infarction or stroke), cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia) and education level

Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) *
Decade RA (N=897) Non-RA (N=885) RA vs. Non-RA
1980–1989 Ref Ref 1.57 (0.94,2.62)
1990–1999 0.89 (0.56,1.44) 0.79 (0.47,1.31) 1.79 (1.13,2.85)
2000–2009 0.68 (0.38,1.21) 1.10 (0.62,1.96) 0.84 (0.49,1.46)

CI = confidence interval, RA = rheumatoid arthritis, ref = reference

*

Adjusting for age, sex, education level, and time-dependent adjustment for myocardial infarction, stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia prior to RA incidence/index or at any time during follow-up