Table 3

Odds ratios for female and male data

FemaleMale
1st authorOR95% CIOR95% CI
*No female data.
†Neither cases nor controls had a head injury so that the odds ratio could not be computed.
Pre-Mortimer studies
Mortimer (1985)–*3.641.52 to 8.99
Broe (1990)0.500.01 to 9.601.750.44 to 8.15
Ferini-Strambi (1990)1.540.21 to 9.630.640 06 to 3.96
Post-Mortimer studies
van Duijn (1992)0.740.20 to 2.511.990.76 to 5.51
Fratiglioni (1993)0.580.14 to 1.830.000.00 to 1.93
CSHA (1994)1.260.42 to 3.451.350.39 to 4.11
Rasmusson (1995)–†1.760.16 to 91.21
O’Meara (1997)1.110.44 to 2.854.181.45 to 14.69
Tsolaki (1997)0.620.17 to 2.202.010.49 to 8.40