Environmental, Life-Style, and Physical Precursors of Clinical Parkinson’s Disease: Recent Findings from the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

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• Personal Author:
  Abbott RD ; Burchfiel CM ; Curb JD ; Kashon M ; Masaki KH ; Petrovich H ; Ross G ; Sanderson, Wayne T. ; Sharp DS ; White LR
• Description:
  Increased westernization with Japanese migration to the U. S. in the early 20th century is thought to have altered the risk of cardiovascular disease. Whether similar effects include changes in the risk of Parkinsons disease (PD) is not clear. This report describes the relations between environmental, life-style, and physical attributes and the incidence of PD that have been observed in the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Beginning in 1965, environmental, life-style, and physical attributes were recorded at selected examinations in a cohort of 8,006 Japanese-American men. Subjects were followed for clinical PD. During 30 years of follow- up, PD was observed in 137 men. Overall incidence (7.1/10,000 person-years) was generally higher than in Asia and similar to rates observed in Europe and the U. S. Precursors of PD included constipation, adiposity, years worked on a sugar or pineapple plantation, years of exposure to pesticides, and exposure to sugar cane processing. Factors showing an inverse association with PD included coffee intake and cigarette smoking. Among dietary factors, carbohydrates increased the risk of PD while the intake of polyunsaturated fats appeared protective. Total caloric intake, saturated and monounsaturated fats, protein, niacin, riboflavin, beta-carotene, vitamins A, B, and C, dietary cholesterol, cobalamin, -tocopherol, and pantothenic acid showed no clear relation with clinical PD. Findings suggest that several environmental, life-style, and physical attributes appear to be precursors of PD. Whether patterns of precursors can be used to identify individuals at high risk of future PD or can broaden the scope of early interventions or recruitment into neuroprotective trials warrants further study. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Environmental Health Epidemiology Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Parkinson's Disease Cardiovascular-disease Cardiovascular-system-disease Cardiovascular-system-disorders Environmental-factors Occupational-exposure Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Racial-factors Risk-analysis Risk-factors Risk Factor

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• ISSN:
  0340-5354
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Hawaii ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  250
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024022
• Citation:
  J Neurol 2003 Oct; 250(Suppl 3):III/30-III/39
• Contact Point Address:
  University of Virginia Health System, Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, P.O. Box 800717, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908-0717
• Email:
  rda3e@virginia.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Neurology
• Supplement:
  3
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:31c4ffbcdb42d5d57ceeffa0071334c4561a81c29c0855a804a1935c76c1d3ff6a0f9dc2df8f9e0133c3a53c429d727349c81b313227eebc755605ebc0d9e530
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196041/cdc_196041_DS1.pdf
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