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. 2022 Mar 22;68(12):1375–1383. doi: 10.1159/000522500

Table 4.

Risk factors for dementia (multivariate analysis Cox model with all-cause mortality as a competing risk)

HR 95% CI p value
Age 1.058 1.054–1.062 <0.001
Male sex 0.910 0.860–0.963 0.001
Unmarried 1.300 1.222–1.383 <0.001
Smoking 0.936 0.855–1.024 0.150
Obesity 0.841 0.784–0.903 <0.001
Diabetes mellitus 1.289 1.210–1.373 <0.001
Hypertension 1.058 0.998–1.121 0.057
Atrial fibrillation/flutter 1.011 0.948–1.078 0.743
Hyperlipidemia 0.877 0.830–0.926 <0.001
Depression 1.913 1.810–2.021 <0.001
Hypothyroidism/hyperthyroidism 1.051 0.905–1.221 0.513
Chronic renal failure 0.788 0.660–0.940 0.008
Malignancy 0.812 0.668–0.987 0.037
Cerebrovascular accident 1.394 1.296–1.500 <0.001
Parkinson disease 1.619 1.450–1.808 <0.001
Anemia 1.060 0.996–1.128 0.0690