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Table 4 Prevalence of cardiac infarction according to gender and age-group in iNPH cases/HUNT3 cohort

From: Increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients compared to a population-based cohort from the HUNT3 survey

    

Cardiac infarction

Crude estimate

Age-adjusted estimate

 

Age (years)

Gender

Total

Yes

No

OR (95% CI), p-value

OR (95% CI), p-value

iNPH

≥ 35 - 70

Female

95

2 (2.1%)

93 (97.9%)

2.8 (0.7 – 11.6), NS

1.5 (0.4 – 6.4), NS

HUNT3

≥ 35 - 70

Female

18,988

143 (0.8%)

18,845 (99.2%)

  

iNPH

≥ 35 - 70

Male

81

13 (16.0%)

68 (84.0%)

5.0 (2.8 – 9.1), <0.001

2.6 (1.4 – 4.7), 0.002

HUNT3

≥ 35 - 70

Male

16,425

604 (3.7%)

15,821 (96.3%)

  

iNPH

≥70 - 90

Female

125

7 (5.6%)

118 (94.4%)

0.8 (0.64 – 1.8), .NS

0.8 (0.4 – 1.8), NS

HUNT3

≥70 - 90

Female

4,384

298 (6.8%)

4,086 (93.2%)

  

iNPH

≥70 - 90

Male

139

19 (13.7%)

120 (86.3%)

0.8 (0.5 – 1.3), NS

0.8 (0.5 – 1.3), NS

HUNT3

≥70 - 90

Male

3,590

580 (16.2%)

3,010 (83.8%)

  
  1. INPH = idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; 4HUNT3 = The HUNT3 Survey; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Data presented as numbers (percentages in parenthesis). NS = non-significant.