Research Article

Risk of Dementia in Patients with Depression or Parkinson’s Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 2

Hazard ratio for dementia with different variables.

VariableAdjusted HRa (95% CI)

Age, years1.10 (1.09–1.11)<0.001
Gender
 Female1.00
 Male0.98 (0.81–1.19)0.839
Hypertension1.23 (1.00–1.51)0.047
Diabetes mellitus1.64 (1.30–2.07)<0.001
Hyperlipidemia0.70 (0.52–0.93)0.014
Ischemic heart disease0.95 (0.74–1.22)0.693
PD/depression
 Without PD/without depression1.00
 Without PD/with depression1.55 (1.06–2.25)0.024
 With PD/without depression3.29 (2.66–4.06)<0.001
 With PD/with depression2.77 (1.88–4.08)<0.001

Note. PD = Parkinson’s disease, HR = hazard ratio, % = percentage, CI = confidence interval, and  =  value. aAdjusted HR: adjusted for age, gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and ischemic heart disease.