BioMed Research International / 2019 / Article / Tab 4 / Research Article
Gender and Age Differences and the Trend in the Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease in Taiwan: A 7-Year National Population-Based Study Table 4 Multivariate Poisson regression model on the incidence and prevalence rates of dementia in Taiwan from 2004–2010.
Variables Incidence rates Prevalence rates Crude IRR 95% CI Adjusted IRR 95% CI Crude PRR 95% CI Adjusted PRR 95% CI Year (ref. = 2004) 2005 0.99 0.98–1.01 0.98 0.96–1.00 1.14 1.13–1.15 1.12 1.11–1.13 2006 1.03 1.01–1.05 1.01 0.99–1.02 1.29 1.28–1.30 1.24 1.23–1.25 2007 1.05 1.03–1.07 1.02 0.98–1.02 1.43 1.42–1.43 1.35 1.34–1.36 2008 1.04 1.02–1.06 1.00 1.00–1.03 1.56 1.55–1.57 1.45 1.44–1.46 2009 1.06 1.04–1.08 1.01 0.99–1.02 1.69 1.68–1.70 1.55 1.54–1.56 2010 1.05 1.04–1.07 0.98 0.97–1.00 1.82 1.81–1.84 1.63 1.61–1.64 Trend test β = 0.0105, β = −0.0012, β = 0.0972, β = 0.0784, Age (ref. = 65–69) 70–74 2.01 1.98–2.05 2.01 1.98–2.05 1.99 1.97–2.20 1.98 1.97–2.00 75–79 3.55 3.50–3.61 3.58 3.52–3.64 3.69 3.66–3.71 3.71 3.68–3.73 80–84 5.46 5.37–5.55 5.51 5.42–5.60 6.14 6.09–6.18 6.08 6.04–6.12 ≥85 7.58 7.45–7.71 7.58 7.45–7.71 10.88 10.81–10.96 10.64 10.56–10.71 Trend test β = 0.4907, β = 0.4913, β = 0.5799, β = 0.5732, Sex (ref. = male) Female 1.11 1.10–1.12 1.15 1.14–1.16 1.10 1.09–1.11 1.11 1.09–1.12
IRR, incidence rate ratio; PRR, prevalence rate ratio; CI, confidence interval; Ref., reference.
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