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Table 3 Risk of incident dementia in relation to 5 units higher body mass index measured at different age categories in the Health and Retirement Study

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

50–64

65–79

80+

N = 15,375

N = 15,297

N = 5467

Main modela

0.97 (0.91–1.04)

0.91 (0.86–0.96)

0.89 (0.83–0.95)

Main model, genotypeda

0.95 (0.86–1.06)

0.91 (0.83–1.01)

0.85 (0.73–1.00)

Adjusted for

 PGSBMIb

0.96 (0.86–1.06)

0.91 (0.82–1.00)

0.83 (0.72–0.97)

 PGSBMI and PGSADc

0.96 (0.86–1.06)

0.91 (0.83–1.00)

0.83 (0.71–0.97)

By tertiles of PGS for BMId

 Lowest tertile

0.94 (0.78–1.13)

0.97 (0.83–1.13)

0.84 (0.64–1.10)

 Middle tertile

0.92 (0.77–1.10)

0.87 (0.73–1.03)

0.71 (0.52–0.95)

 Highest tertile

0.99 (0.84–1.16)

0.89 (0.76–1.05)

0.96 (0.77–1.19)

p value interaction

0.70

0.49

0.42

  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 Health and Retirement Study 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