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Risk‐factors for Parkinson's disease: case‐control study in the province of Cáceres, Spain
Author(s) -
Morano A.,
JiménezJiménez F. J.,
Molina J. A.,
Antolín M. A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1994.tb01655.x
Subject(s) - medicine , statistical significance , diabetes mellitus , disease , environmental health , parkinson's disease , family history , risk factor , case control study , habit , demography , psychology , endocrinology , sociology , psychotherapist
This case‐control study, performed in a mixed rural and urban province, of 74 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and 148 unselected age and sex‐matched controls, attempted to look possible risk factors for PD. Rural living, well‐water drinking, positive family history for PD and postural tremor, were associated to an increased risk for PD, with results regarding exposure to pesticides near to statistical significance. Alcohol‐drinking habit in males were associated to a decreased risk for PD, with results regarding cigarette‐smoking habit in males near to statistical significance. We did not find association between the risk for PD and the following variables: 1) exposure to industrial toxins; 2) agricultural work; 3) cranial trauma; 4) previous common illnesses including some infections, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease and thyroid disease; 5) coffee and tea drinking habits.