Metabolic markers or conditions preceding Parkinson's disease: a case-control study.

Abstract

Several metabolic markers or conditions have been explored as possible risk or protective factors for Parkinson's disease (PD); however, results remain conflicting. We further investigated these associations using a case-control study design. We used the medical records-linkage system of the Rochester Epidemiology Project to identify 196 subjects who developed PD in Olmsted County, Minnesota, from 1976 through 1995. Each incident case was matched by age (±1 year) and sex to a general population control. We reviewed the complete medical records of cases and controls in the medical records-linkage system to abstract information about body mass index (BMI), cholesterol level, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus preceding the onset of PD (or the index year). There were no significant differences between cases and controls for the metabolic markers or conditions investigated. No significant associations were found using 2 cutoffs for BMI level (BMI ≥ 25 or BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2) ) and 3 cutoffs for cholesterol levels (>200, >250, or >300 mg/dL). Neither a diagnosis of hypertension or the documented use of antihypertensive medications was significantly associated with the subsequent risk of PD (odds ratio [OR], 1.00; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.65-1.54; P = .99) nor was a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus or the use of glucose-lowering medications (OR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.37-1.57; P = .47). Our study, based on historical information from a records-linkage system, does not support an association between BMI, cholesterol level, hypertension, or diabetes mellitus with later development of PD.

• Authors: Rodolfo Savica, Brandon R Grossardt, J Eric Ahlskog, Walter A Rocca
• Journal: Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society (Mov Disord) Vol. 27 Issue 8 Pg. 974-9 (Jul 2012) ISSN: 1531-8257 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 22674432 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2012 Movement Disorder Society.

Chemical References

• Biomarkers
• Coffee
• Cholesterol

Topics

• Aged
• Biomarkers
• Body Mass Index
• Case-Control Studies
• Cholesterol (blood)
• Coffee
• Data Interpretation, Statistical
• Diabetes Mellitus (epidemiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Hypertension (complications)
• Male
• Medical Record Linkage
• Middle Aged
• Minnesota (epidemiology)
• Odds Ratio
• Parkinson Disease (complications, epidemiology, metabolism)
• Reproducibility of Results
• Risk Assessment
• Sex Factors
• Smoking (epidemiology)