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Table 2 Cox model measured hazard ratios and 95% confidence interval of Parkinson’s disease associated with age-related macular degeneration, sex, age, comorbidity, numbers of comorbidity, and medication

From: Increased risk of Parkinson’s disease among patients with age-related macular degeneration

Variable

Parkinson’s disease

Crude HR (95% CI)

Adjusted HR (95% CI)

Event

PY

IR

Age-related Macular Degeneration

 No

275

57,168

4.81

1(reference)

1(reference)

 Yes

433

59,008

7.34

1.52 (1.31–1.77)***

1.35 (1.15–1.57)***

Sex

 Female

306

58,550

5.23

1(reference)

1(reference)

 Male

402

57,625

6.98

1.34 (1.15–1.55)***

1.26 (1.07–1.48)**

Age, years

 50–59

27

21,129

1.28

1(reference)

1(reference)

 60–69

160

37,650

4.25

3.32 (2.21–4.99)***

2.88 (1.91–4.34)***

 70–79

364

42,840

8.50

6.66 (4.50–9.85)***

5.12 (3.44–7.62)***

 80–100

157

14,556

10.8

8.57 (5.69–12.9)***

6.12 (4.02–9.31)***

P for trend

   

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

Comorbidity

 Osteoporosis

  No

526

92,789

5.67

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

182

23,387

7.78

1.37 (1.16–1.62)***

1.18 (0.98–1.41)

 Diabetes

  No

377

72,100

5.23

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

331

44,075

7.51

1.44 (1.24–1.67)***

1.21 (1.03–1.42)*

 Cirrhosis

  No

445

78,977

5.63

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

263

37,198

7.07

1.25 (1.08–1.46)**

1.15 (0.98–1.35)

 Cerebrovascular disease

  No

457

93,109

4.91

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

251

23,066

10.88

2.23 (1.91–2.60)***

1.60 (1.36–1.89)***

 Chronic kidney disease

  No

663

111,329

5.96

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

45

4847

9.28

1.57 (1.16–2.12)**

1.09 (0.80–1.48)

 Hypertension

  No

145

42,494

3.41

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

563

73,682

7.64

2.24 (1.87–2.70)***

1.55 (1.27–1.89)***

 Hyperlipidemia

  No

466

77,239

6.03

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

242

38,936

6.22

1.03 (0.88–1.20)

0.82 (0.69–0.97)*

 Coronary artery disease

  No

649

109,614

5.92

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

59

6561

8.99

1.52 (1.16–1.98)**

1.01 (0.77–1.33)

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  No

399

77,468

5.15

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

309

38,707

7.98

1.55 (1.34–1.80)***

1.07 (0.91–1.25)

Numbers of comorbidity

 0

41

18,974

2.16

1(reference)

1(reference)

 ≥ 1

667

97,201

6.86

3.19 (2.32–4.37)***

2.43 (1.76–3.36)***

Medication

 Statin

  No

168

26,943

6.24

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

540

89,232

6.05

0.97 (0.81–1.16)

0.86 (0.72–1.03)

 CCB

  No

172

28,424

6.05

1(reference)

1(reference)

  Yes

536

87,751

6.11

1.01 (0.85–1.20)

0.77 (0.64–0.93)**

  1. Abbreviations: aHR Adjusted Hazard Ratio estimated by the model including the variables of age-related macular degeneration, sex, age, osteoporosis, diabetes, cirrhosis, cerebrovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, statin, and CCB, CCB Calcium Channel Blocker, CI Confidence Interval, HR Hazard Ratio, IR Incidence Rate, per 1000 person-years, PY Person-Years
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001