TABLE 3.
Dementia types and sensitivity analysis using Fine and Gray’s competing risk model.
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Leptospirosis infections |
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| Sensitivity test | Dementia subgroup | Adjusted SHR | 95% CI | 95% CI | P |
| Overall | Overall | 1.357 | 1.213 | 1.519 | <0.001 |
| AD | 1.300 | 1.162 | 1.455 | <0.001 | |
| VaD | 1.243 | 1.111 | 1.391 | <0.001 | |
| Other degenerative dementia | 1.459 | 1.305 | 1.634 | <0.001 | |
| In the first 1 year excluded | Overall | 1.246 | 1.114 | 1.395 | <0.001 |
| AD | 1.220 | 1.091 | 1.366 | 0.001 | |
| VaD | 1.104 | 0.987 | 1.236 | 0.180 | |
| Other degenerative dementia | 1.352 | 1.208 | 1.513 | <0.001 | |
| In the first 5 years excluded | Overall | 1.079 | 1.023 | 1.152 | 0.028 |
| AD | 1.117 | 1.058 | 1.195 | 0.009 | |
| VaD | 0.938 | 0.881 | 1.041 | 0.334 | |
| Other degenerative dementia | 1.142 | 1.076 | 1.222 | 0.002 | |
P: Chi-square/Fisher exact test on category variables and t-test on continue variables; PYs, Person-years; Adjusted SHR, Adjusted sub-distribution Hazard ratio: Adjusted for the variables listed in this table. CI, confidence interval; AD, Alzheimer’s dementia; VaD, vascular dementia.