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Table 2 Risk of incident dementia in relation to 5 units higher body mass index measured at different age categories in the Swedish Twin Registry

From: Age-dependent effects of body mass index across the adult life span on the risk of dementia: a cohort study with a genetic approach

Age category

20–34

35–49

50–64

65–79

80+

N

8098

10,424

11,941

13,224

2565

Main modela

1.10 (0.98–1.23)

1.15 (1.07–1.24)

1.11 (1.01–1.22)

0.96 (0.90–1.01)

0.90 (0.81–1.00)

Main model, genotypeda

1.18 (0.96–1.44)

1.12 (0.98–1.26)

0.99 (0.87–1.12)

0.94 (0.85–1.03)

0.87 (0.75–1.01)

Adjusted for

 PGSBMIb

1.20 (0.98–1.47)

1.12 (0.99–1.28)

0.98 (0.86–1.12)

0.93 (0.84–1.02)

0.88 (0.75–1.03)

 PGSBMI and PGSADc

1.14 (0.94–1.40)

1.13 (0.99–1.29)

0.98 (0.86–1.13)

0.94 (0.85–1.04)

0.88 (0.75–1.03)

By tertiles of PGSBMId

 Lowest tertile

1.28 (0.91–1.80)

1.38 (1.08–1.78)

1.11 (0.87–1.42)

0.91 (0.76–1.09)

1.13 (0.86–1.47)

 Middle tertile

1.20 (0.85–1.70)

1.12 (0.89–1.40)

0.91 (0.72–1.16)

0.87 (0.73–1.03)

0.79 (0.60–1.04)

 Highest tertile

1.11 (0.79–1.56)

0.98 (0.79–1.20)

0.96 (0.78–1.19)

0.97 (0.84–1.13)

0.70 (0.52–0.94)

p value interaction

0.55

0.04

0.44

0.50

0.01

Co-twin control modela

 All twins

1.06 (0.75–1.48)

1.21 (0.97–1.50)

1.18 (0.94–1.49)

0.90 (0.77–1.05)

1.16 (0.82–1.64)

 Dizygotic twins

1.06 (0.73–1.54)

1.25 (0.98–1.60)

1.24 (0.96–1.61)

0.93 (0.79–1.10)

1.15 (0.78–1.69)

 Monozygotic twins

1.03 (0.47–2.27)

1.07 (0.68–1.68)

0.98 (0.59–1.63)

0.76 (0.50–1.15)

1.19 (0.53–2.65)

  1. Hazard rate ratios (95% confidence intervals) of dementia in relation to 5 units higher body mass index measured at different age categories in the Swedish Twin Registry sample. All models are adjusted for age, sex, smoking, and education
  2. PGS polygenic score, BMI body mass index, AD Alzheimer’s disease
  3. aDementia = BMI + age + sex + smoking + education
  4. bDementia = BMI + age + sex + smoking + education + PGSBMI
  5. cDementia = BMI + age + sex + smoking + education + PGSBMI + PGSAD
  6. dDementia = BMI + age + sex + smoking + education + PGSBMI + BMI*PGSBMI