Table 3 Risk of Alzheimer’s disease according to BMI variability.

From: Body mass index trajectories and the risk for Alzheimer’s disease among older adults

 

Men

Women

Event

Duration

 

Unadjusted

HR (95% CI)

aAdjusted

HR (95% CI)

Event

Duration

 

Unadjusted

HR (95% CI)

aAdjusted

HR (95% CI)

N

Person-years

CIR

N

Person-years

CIR

BMI variability

ASV

1.05 (1.03–1.08)

1.05 (1.02–1.08)

1.07 (1.05–1.09)

1.06 (1.03–1.08)

BMI variability

ASV 1st quartile

404

26,149

15.4

1.00

1.00

520

24,913

20.9

1.00

1.00

ASV 2nd quartile

383

25,998

14.7

0.95 (0.83–1.10)

0.93 (0.81–1.07)

532

25,027

21.3

1.02 (0.90–1.15)

1.01 (0.89–1.13)

ASV 3rd quartile

412

25,846

15.9

1.03 (0.90–1.19)

0.98 (0.86–1.13)

595

24,626

24.2

1.16 (1.03–1.30)

1.10 (0.98–1.24)

ASV 4th quartile

489

25,446

19.2

1.25 (1.09–1.42)

1.13 (0.99–1.29)

720

24,341

29.6

1.42 (1.27–1.59)

1.31 (1.17–1.46)

  1. BMI body mass index, ASV average successive variability, CIR cumulative incidence rate, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval.
  2. aAdjusted for age, insurance premium, initial BMI, smoking status, alcohol consumption, regular exercise, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia.