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Table 4 Association between gout/hyperuricemia and dementia including covariates, all patients, no selection according to treatment

From: Hyperuricemia and dementia – a case-control study

Covariate

N (% from 137,640)

Cases (% from 27,528)

Controls (% from 110,112)

OR (CI)

p-value

Anti-hyperuricemia drugs

23,370 (17.0)

4.734 (17.2)

18,636 (16.9)

0.94 (0.90,0.99)

0.01

Hyperuricemia

30,629 (22.3)

6137 (22.3)

24,492 (22.2)

0.94 (0.90,0.98)

0.0025

Polypharmacya

90,418 (65.7)

19,495 (70.8)

70,923 (64.4)

1.15 (1.11,1.19)

< 0.001

Diabetes

48,553 (35.3)

11,247 (40.9)

37,306 (33.9)

1.29 (1.25,1.33)

< 0.001

Ischemic heart disease

55,307 (40.2)

11,862 (43.1)

43,445 (39.5)

1.04 (1.01,1.07)

0.005

Stroke

16,429 (11.9)

4716 (17.1)

11,713 (10.6)

1.53 (1.47,1.59)

< 0.001

Other cerebrovascular diseases

21,754 (15.8)

5670 (20.6)

16,084 (14.6)

1.32 (1.27,1.37)

< 0.001

Atherosclerosis

17,339 (12.6)

3898 (14.2)

13,441 (12.2)

Removed from model

0.078

Hypertension

113,640 (82.6)

22.978 (83.5)

90,662 (82.3)

0.92 (0.89,0.96)

< 0.001

Renal impairment

18,769 (13.6)

4285 (15.6)

14,484 (13.2)

1.11 (1.06,1.15)

< 0.001

Hyperlipidemia

70,373 (51.1)

13,877 (50.4)

56,496 (51.3)

0.87 (0.84,0.89)

< 0.001

Depression

27,567 (20.0)

7257 (26.4)

20,310 (18.4)

1.50 (1.46,1.55)

< 0.001

Polyarthritis

5692 (4.1)

1196 (4.3)

4496 (4.1)

Removed from model

0.73

  1. Global test: Wald Χ2 = 2402.99, DF = 11, p < 0.001
  2. aPolypharmacy means prescription of 5 or more different drugs (ATC codes) besides anti-hyperuricemic drugs in a quarter