Table 2 Incidence rates and hazard ratios for all-cause dementia, AD, and VD for the osteoporosis patients and control groups

From: Osteoporosis and risk of dementia among older adults: a population‑based cohort study

Outcome

N

No. of events

Person-years

IR (95% CI), per 1 000 person-years

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

HR (95% CI)

P

HR (95% CI)

P

HR (95% CI)

P

Full cohort analysis

All-cause dementia

 Control group

166 545

1 185

481 609.0

2.46 (2.32–2.60)

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 Osteoporosis group

9 605

182

23 813.9

7.64 (6.57–8.84)

2.18 (1.85–2.56)

<0.001

2.12 (1.80–2.49)

<0.001

1.80 (1.53–2.12)

<0.001

AD

 Control group

166 545

543

482 491.3

1.13 (1.03–1.22)

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 Osteoporosis group

9 605

74

23 964.7

3.09 (2.42–3.88)

1.89 (1.47–2.43)

<0.001

1.84 (1.43–2.36)

<0.001

1.55 (1.20–2.00)

0.001

VD

 Control group

166 545

252

482 825.2

0.52 (0.46–0.59)

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 Osteoporosis group

9 605

46

23 992.5

1.92 (1.40–2.56)

2.93 (2.11–4.08)

<0.001

2.89 (2.08–4.01)

<0.001

2.13 (1.52–2.98)

<0.001

Matched cohort analysis

All-cause dementia

 Control group

43 913

526

130 015.3

4.05 (3.71–4.41)

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 Osteoporosis group

9 530

175

23 643.4

7.40 (6.35–8.58)

1.83 (1.53–2.19)

<0.001

1.81 (1.51–2.17)

<0.001

1.79 (1.49–2.15)

<0.001

AD

 Control group

43 913

250

130 401.1

1.92 (1.69–2.17)

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 Osteoporosis group

9 530

72

23 785.3

3.03 (2.37–3.81)

1.63 (1.25–2.14)

<0.001

1.61 (1.23–2.12)

0.001

1.59 (1.21–2.09)

0.001

VD

 Control group

43 913

118

130 558.7

0.90 (0.75–1.08)

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 Osteoporosis group

9 530

45

23 812.3

1.89 (1.38–2.53)

2.01 (1.41–2.86)

<0.001

1.99 (1.39–2.83)

<0.001

1.94 (1.36–2.77)

<0.001

  1. Model 1: adjusted for age at baseline, sex, education, marital status, and household registration; Model 2: Model 1 plus smoking, regular exercise, body mass index category, and systolic blood pressure; Model 3: Model 2 plus disease history, including hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, stroke, cancer, chronic kidney disease, and depression
  2. AD Alzheimer’s disease, VD vascular dementia, IR incidence rate, CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio