Research Article

Metabolic Risk Factors of Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, and Normal Elderly: A Population-Based Study

Table 2

Risk factors for AD and DLB patients.

Risk factorsMultivariable ORs (95% CI)
AD versus NCDLB versus NCDLB versus AD

Sex
 Female1 (reference)1 (reference)1 (reference)
 Male0.82 (0.72–0.92)1.42 (1.19–1.69)1.75 (1.43–2.15)
Age, per year1.0 (0.99–1.0)1.0 (0.99–1.01)1 (0.99–1.01)
Combination of metabolic risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia)
 (− − −)1 (reference)1 (reference)1 (reference)
 (+ − −)2.29 (1.95–2.69)2.74 (2.2–3.42)1.16 (0.89–1.52)
 (− + −)2.28 (1.64–3.18)2.23 (1.38–3.62)0.91 (0.52–1.6)
 (− − +)3.7 (2.78–4.93)2.66 (1.65–4.29)0.66 (0.39–1.11)
 (+ + −)3.08 (2.42–3.92)3.6 (2.6–4.99)1.18 (0.81–1.73)
 (+ − +)3.63 (2.94–4.49)3.25 (2.37–4.46)0.88 (0.62–1.26)
 (− + +)3.58 (2.48–5.17)2.14 (1.1–4.17)0.62 (0.3–1.28)
 (+ + +)4.9 (4.01–5.99)3.64 (2.65–5)0.7 (0.5–0.99)

+, presence; −, absence; CI, confidential interval; OR, odds ratio; NC, normal control; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies. Adjusted sex and age in logistic regression. , , and .