Diabetes-Associated Dementia Risk and Competing Risk of Death in the Three-City Study

Diabetes is associated with a higher dementia and mortality risk. However, few studies have accounted for death when estimating the association between diabetes and dementia. We estimated absolute and relative risks of all-cause dementia according to diabetes exposure status in older adults while a ccounting for competing risk of death using illness-death models. Effect modification by specific characteristics (age, gender, education,...