Table 3.

Associations of Scam Awareness With Incident Alzheimer Dementia and MCI^*

Model Term	Alzheimer Dementia (n = 935)		MCI (n = 746)
	HR (95% CI)	P Value	HR (95% CI)	P Value
Age, per year	1.13 (1.09–1.16)	<0.001	1.10 (1.07–1.12)	<0.001
Male sex	0.79 (0.52–1.21)	0.28	1.23 (0.90–1.68)	0.20
Education, peryear	0.99 (0.94–1.06)	0.94	1.01 (0.96–1.06)	0.73
Scam awareness, per unit†	1.56 (1.21–2.01)	<0.001	1.47 (1.20–1.81)	<0.001

HR = hazard ratio; MCI = mild cognitive impairment.

^*Derived from proportional hazards models.

^†The average of the Likert ratings across all 5 items, with higher scores reflecting lower awareness.