Table 3:

Association between immediate cause of death (CoD) and dementia groups (n=813)

	AD		VaD		AD+VaD		DLB
	OR (95% CI)	P*	OR (95% CI)	P*	OR (95% CI)	P*	OR (95% CI)	P*
Cardiovascular diseases	0.63 (0.41–0.97)	0.035	0.874 (0.55–1.38)	0.565	0.90 (0.42–2.00)	0.796	0.70 (0.38–1.30)	0.261
Ischemic heart diseases	1.03 (0.67–1.59)	0.884	1.22 (0.79–1.90)	0.367	1.47 (0.71–3.05)	0.302	0.70 (0.36–1.36)	0.286
Pulmonary embolism	0.81 (0.43–1.51)	0.508	0.89 (0.44–1.77)	0.728	0.39 (0.12–1.38)	0.143	0.59 (0.20–1.75)	0.340
Hypertension-related diseases	0.61 (0.27–1.37)	0.232	0.66 (0.29–1.50)	0.324	0.85 (0.24–3.07)	0.804	1.87 (0.80–4.38)	0.152
Pneumonia	1.71 (0.94–3.10)	0.080	1.60 (0.85–3.01)	0.149	2.42 (1.13–5.20)	0.024	2.42 (1.13–5.19)	0.023

^*Logistic regression models adjusted for age, schooling, gender, ethnicity; reference category was the no dementia group

^†Note: AD: Alzheimer’s Disease, VaD: Vascular Dementia, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, AD+VaD: mixed dementia, OR: Odds Ratio, 95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval.