OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative risk (RR) and cumulative incidence of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) in first-degree relatives of PD patients compared with relatives of controls from the same geographic region. DESIGN: A family history questionnaire was used to obtain information on all first-degree relatives of cases and controls. A subset of these first-degree relative was also examined. A Cox proportional hazards model with double-censoring techniques for missing information was used to model the RR for PD, adjusting for gender, ethnicity, and relationship to proband. RESULTS: A total of 1,458 first-degree relatives of 233 PD patients were 2.3 times as likely (95% CI = 1.3 to 4.0) as 7,834 relatives of 1,172 controls to develop PD. The cumulative incidence of PD to age 75 among first-degree relatives of PD patients was 2% compared with 1% among first-degree relatives of controls. The risk in male first-degree relatives was higher than in female relatives (RR = 2.0, 95% CI = 1.1 to 3.4) and the risk in relatives of Caucasians was higher than in African-Americans and Hispanics (RR = 2.4, 95% CI = 1.4 to 4.1). Risk for siblings and parents of probands was similar. CONCLUSIONS: Susceptibility to PD is increased in first-degree relatives of both sporadic and familial cases. The pattern of inheritance and the relationship between genetic and environmental risk factors warrant further study.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative risk (RR) and cumulative incidence of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) in first-degree relatives of PDpatients compared with relatives of controls from the same geographic region. DESIGN: A family history questionnaire was used to obtain information on all first-degree relatives of cases and controls. A subset of these first-degree relative was also examined. A Cox proportional hazards model with double-censoring techniques for missing information was used to model the RR for PD, adjusting for gender, ethnicity, and relationship to proband. RESULTS: A total of 1,458 first-degree relatives of 233 PDpatients were 2.3 times as likely (95% CI = 1.3 to 4.0) as 7,834 relatives of 1,172 controls to develop PD. The cumulative incidence of PD to age 75 among first-degree relatives of PDpatients was 2% compared with 1% among first-degree relatives of controls. The risk in male first-degree relatives was higher than in female relatives (RR = 2.0, 95% CI = 1.1 to 3.4) and the risk in relatives of Caucasians was higher than in African-Americans and Hispanics (RR = 2.4, 95% CI = 1.4 to 4.1). Risk for siblings and parents of probands was similar. CONCLUSIONS: Susceptibility to PD is increased in first-degree relatives of both sporadic and familial cases. The pattern of inheritance and the relationship between genetic and environmental risk factors warrant further study.
Authors: R Saunders-Pullman; K Stanley; M San Luciano; M J Barrett; V Shanker; D Raymond; L J Ozelius; S B Bressman Journal: Neurosci Lett Date: 2011-04-12 Impact factor: 3.046
Authors: José A G Agúndez; Antonio Luengo; Oscar Herráez; Carmen Martínez; Hortensia Alonso-Navarro; Félix Javier Jiménez-Jiménez; Elena García-Martín Journal: Neuromolecular Med Date: 2007-11-06 Impact factor: 3.843