Number of Alzheimer cases | Number of controls without dementia | Crude OR(95% CI) | Adjusted OR(95% CI)* | |
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*Adjusted for age, education, and ethnicity. | ||||
CI, confidence interval; HT, oestrogen containing hormone therapy. | ||||
Entire sample (ages 50–99) | ||||
No HT | 339 | 353 | Reference | Reference |
HT | 87 | 192 | 0.47 (0.35 to 0.63) | 0.70 (0.51 to 0.95) |
First age tertile (50–63 years) | ||||
No HT | 58 | 135 | Reference | Reference |
HT | 17 | 112 | 0.35 (0.19 to 0.64) | 0.35 (0.19 to 0.66) |
Second age tertile (64–71 years) | ||||
No HT | 105 | 127 | Reference | Reference |
HT | 28 | 52 | 0.65 (0.39 to 1.1) | 0.86 (0.50 to 1.5) |
Third age tertile (72–99 years) | ||||
No HT | 176 | 91 | Reference | Reference |
HT | 42 | 28 | 0.78 (0.47 to 1.3) | 0.97 (0.57 to 1.6) |