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Table 3 Incidence rate and hazard ratio of PD between with and without age-related macular degeneration stratified by sex, age, comorbidity, numbers of comorbidity, and medication

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

Variable

Age-related Macular Degeneration

Crude HR (95% CI)

Adjusted HR (95% CI)

No

Yes

Event

PY

IR

Event

PY

IR

Sex

 Female

115

28,927

3.98

191

29,623

6.45

1.62 (1.29–2.04)***

1.42 (1.13–1.80)**

 Male

160

28,240

5.67

242

29,385

8.24

1.45 (1.19–1.78)***

1.28 (1.05–1.57)*

Age, years

 50–59

9

10,684

0.84

18

10,445

1.72

2.05 (0.92–4.56)

1.31 (0.57–3.01)

 60–69

60

18,836

3.19

100

18,814

5.32

1.67 (1.21–2.30)**

1.51 (1.09–2.09)*

 70–79

148

20,681

7.16

216

22,159

9.75

1.36 (1.10–1.68)**

1.30 (1.05–1.60)*

 80–100

58

6967

8.32

99

7589

13.0

1.57 (1.14–2.17)**

1.40 (1.01–1.95)*

Comorbidity

 Osteoporosis

51

9755

5.23

131

13,631

9.61

1.82 (1.32–2.52)***

1.68 (1.22–2.33)**

 Diabetes

109

18,056

6.04

222

26,020

8.53

1.41 (1.12–1.78)**

1.41 (1.12–1.78)**

 Cirrhosis

94

15,195

6.19

169

22,003

7.68

1.25 (0.97–1.60)

1.20 (0.93–1.54)

 Cerebrovascular disease

92

9742

9.44

159

13,324

11.93

1.27 (0.98–1.64)

1.25 (0.96–1.62)

 Chronic kidney disease

18

1942

9.27

27

2904

9.30

1.02 (0.56–1.85)

0.99 (0.54–1.81)

 Hypertension

206

33,161

6.21

357

40,520

8.81

1.41 (1.19–1.68)***

1.36 (1.15–1.62)***

 Hyperlipidemia

86

15,963

5.39

156

22,973

6.79

1.27 (0.97–1.65)

1.17 (0.90–1.52)

 Coronary artery disease

23

2596

8.86

36

3965

9.08

1.02 (0.60–1.71)

1.01 (0.59–1.70)

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

117

16,690

7.01

192

22,017

8.72

1.25 (0.99–1.57)

1.19 (0.94–1.50)

Numbers of comorbidity

 0

28

12,790

2.19

13

6184

2.10

0.95 (0.49–1.84)

0.95 (0.49–1.85)

  ≥ 1

247

44,378

5.57

420

52,823

7.95

1.43 (1.22–1.67)*

1.40 (1.20–1.64)***

Medication

 Statin

208

44,636

4.66

332

44,596

7.44

1.60 (1.34–1.90)***

1.42 (1.19–1.69)***

 CCB

207

42,835

4.83

329

44,916

7.32

1.52 (1.27–1.80)***

1.32 (1.11–1.58)**

  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