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Head injury at early ages is associated with risk of Parkinson's disease
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Dec 19 2015
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Source: Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 23:57-61.
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Alternative Title:Parkinsonism Relat Disord
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Description:Introduction
The literature on the effect of head injuries on the risk of PD is inconclusive. Some researchers have hypothesized that studies that have seen an effect are simply capturing injury related to pre-clinical PD. However in animal models brain inflammation, which can be initiated by head trauma, has been shown to produce PD-like effects. Furthermore, animal studies have found that early life inflammation in particular is of relevance for PD pathology.
Methods
We conducted an unmatched case-control study of 379 neurologist confirmed PD patients and 230 controls from the greater Boston, Massachusetts area with questionnaire data on history of head injury and other covariates. We used multivariable logistic regression to estimate adjusted odds ratios (OR) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) for PD.
Results
When we excluded injuries that occurred less than 10 years prior to the diagnosis of PD (in order to avoid reverse causation), we found an increased risk of PD associated with a head injury that resulted in a loss of consciousness, but it did not reach statistical significance (OR= 1.57; 95% CI= 0.89-2.80). We found a significant (p=0.04) effect of age at first head injury. For every 5 year earlier age at first head injury with loss of consciousness the OR for PD was 1.37 (95% CI: 1.01-1.86).
Conclusion
Our results suggest that head injury in early life increases the risk of PD.
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Pubmed ID:26725141
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC4787263
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Volume:23
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