Supplemental Material - Views of healthcare professionals on their relationships with families of people living with dementia: A qualitative study

Supplemental Material for Views of healthcare professionals on their relationships with families of people living with dementia: A qualitative study by Kuai In Tam, Jiangwei Wu and Mingxia Zhu in Dementia.</p

Hazard ratios (95% CI) for hemorrhagic stroke according to quintiles of BMI, WC, WHpR, and WHtR.

<p>CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHpR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height; −2log L, −2log-likelihood; Q1, the lowest fifth of the data (1–20%); Q2,the second lowest fifth (21–40%); Q3,the middle fifth (41–60%);Q4, the second highest fifth (61–80%); Q5, the highest fifth (81–100%).</p>*<p>Cut-points of quintiles: BMI (Kg/m²) 22.05, 24.00, 25.71, 27.74; WC (cm) 79.00, 84.00, 89.00, 95.00; WHpR 0.84, 0.88, 0.91, 0.94; WHtR 0.47, 0.50, 0.53, 0.57.</p>†<p>Model 1 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age and sex.</p>‡<p>Model 2 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age, sex, average monthly income of each family member, education level, marital status, smoking status, drinking status, and physical activity.</p>§<p>Model 3 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age, sex, average monthly income of each family member, education level, marital status, smoking status, drinking status, physical activity, history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia.</p

Selected participant characteristics according to quintiles of body mass index (BMI).

<p>Q1, the lowest fifth of the data (1–20%); Q2,the second lowest fifth (21–40%); Q3,the middle fifth (41–60%); Q4, the second highest fifth (61–80%); Q5,the highest fifth (81–100%).</p>*<p>Cut-points of quintile of BMI (Kg/m²): 22.05, 24.00, 25.71, 27.74.</p

Hazard ratios (95% CI) for ischemic stroke according to quintiles of BMI, WC, WHpR, and WHtR.

<p>CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHpR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height; −2log L, −2log-likelihood; Q1, the lowest fifth of the data (1–20%); Q2,the second lowest fifth (21–40%); Q3,the middle fifth (41–60%);Q4, the second highest fifth (61–80%); Q5, the highest fifth (81–100%).</p>*<p>Cut-points of quintiles: BMI (Kg/m²) 22.05, 24.00, 25.71, 27.74; WC (cm) 79.00, 84.00, 89.00, 95.00; WHpR 0.84, 0.88, 0.91, 0.94; WHtR 0.47, 0.50, 0.53, 0.57.</p>†<p>Model 1 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age and sex.</p>‡<p>Model 2 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age, sex, average monthly income of each family member, education level, marital status, smoking status, drinking status, and physical activity.</p>§<p>Model 3 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age, sex, average monthly income of each family member, education level, marital status, smoking status, drinking status, physical activity, history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia.</p

Hazard ratios (95% CI) for stroke according to quintiles of BMI, WC, WHpR, and WHtR in participants aged ≥40 years.

<p>CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHpR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height; −2log L, −2log-likelihood; Q1, the lowest fifth of the data (1–20%); Q2, the second lowest fifth (21–40%); Q3, the middle fifth (41–60%);Q4, the second highest fifth (61–80%); Q5, the highest fifth (81–100%).</p>*<p>Cut-points of quintiles: BMI (Kg/m²) 22.23, 24.11, 25.78, 27.76; WC(cm) 80.00, 85.00, 90.00, 95.00; WHpR 0.85, 0.88, 0.91, 0.95; WHtR 0.48, 0.51, 0.54, 0.57.</p>*<p>Multivariate Model was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age, sex, average monthly income of each family member, education level, marital status, smoking status, drinking status, physical activity, history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia.</p

Hazard ratios (95% CI) for total stroke according to quintiles of BMI, WC, WHpR, and WHtR.

<p>CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHpR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height; −2log L, −2log-likelihood; Q1, the lowest fifth of the data (1–20%); Q2,the second lowest fifth (21–40%); Q3,the middle fifth (41–60%);Q4, the second highest fifth (61–80%);Q5,the highest fifth (81–100%).</p>*<p>Cut-points of quintiles: BMI (Kg/m²) 22.05, 24.00, 25.71, 27.74; WC (cm) 79.00, 84.00, 89.00, 95.00; WHpR 0.84, 0.88, 0.91, 0.94; WHtR 0.47, 0.50, 0.53, 0.57.</p>†<p>Model 1 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age and sex.</p>‡<p>Model 2 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age, sex, average monthly income of each family member, education level, marital status, smoking status, drinking status, and physical activity.</p>§<p>Model 3 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age, sex, average monthly income of each family member, education level, marital status, smoking status, drinking status, physical activity, history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia.</p

Selected participant characteristics according to body mass index (BMI).

<p>Selected participant characteristics according to body mass index (BMI).</p

Hazard ratios (95% CI) for stroke according to WHO categories of BMI.

<p>CI, confidence interval; WHO, World Health Organization; BMI, body mass index;</p>†<p>Model 1 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age and sex.</p>‡<p>Model 2 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age, sex, average monthly income of each family member, education level, marital status, smoking status, drinking status, and physical activity.</p>§<p>Model 3 was stratified by hospitals, and adjusted for age, sex, average monthly income of each family member, education level, marital status, smoking status, drinking status, physical activity, history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia.</p

Multivariate-adjusted odd ratios (OR) for AICAS between different PTC quintile groups, stratified by age, sex and selected risk factors.

<p>* P<0.05; ** P<0.001.</p><p>AICAS: asymptomatic intracranial artery stenosis; BMI: body mass index; PTC: plasma total cholesterol.</p><p>PTC levels: Q1≤4.23 mmol/l, Q2 4.24–4.72 mol/l, Q3 4.73–5.19 mmol/l, Q4 5.20–5.80 mmol/l and Q5≥5.81 mmol/l.</p><p>Multivariate-adjusted odd ratios (OR): adjusted for age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, family history of myocardial infarction and stroke, BMI, SBP, DBP, FBG, LDL-C, HDL-C, TG, anti-hypertension treatment and sex*PTC.</p><p># additionally adjusted for menopausal status.</p

Normal and typical TCD waveform indicative of ICAS in the middle cerebral artery.

<p>Normal and typical TCD waveform indicative of ICAS in the middle cerebral artery.</p