Fig. 1
Sex-specific multiple-adjusted hazard ratios and women-to-men ratio of hazard ratios for risk factors and dementia. HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; AHA, American Heart Association; BP, blood pressure; HTN, hypertension; BMI, body mass index; SES, socioeconomic status; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein. Pink squares represent hazard ratios for women, and blue diamond represent hazard ratios for men, horizontal lines indicate corresponding 95% confidence intervals around hazard ratios. Hazard ratios for systolic blood pressure is given per 20 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure per 10 mmHg; BMI is given per 5 kg/m2, waist circumference is given per 10 cm, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio are given per 0.1 increase in ratio; lipids are given per 1 mmol/L. Hazard ratios were calculated from separate models with different sets of covariate adjustment. All models were adjusted for age. In addition, SBP, diabetes, socioeconomic status and total cholesterol were adjusted for each other, as well as smoking status, body mass index, lipid-lowering drugs and antihypertensive drugs. Same adjustments were made for DBP and AHA hypertension as for SBP. History of stroke and smoking variables were adjusted for socioeconomic status. Body adiposity variables were adjusted for smoking status and socioeconomic status. HDL, LDL cholesterol and elevated cholesterol were adjusted the same way as total cholesterol