Luxembourg Parkinson's study -comprehensive baseline analysis of Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deep phenotyping of Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential to investigate this fastest-growing neurodegenerative disorder. Since 2015, over 800 individuals with PD and atypical parkinsonism along with more than 800 control subjects have been recruited in the frame of the observational, monocentric, nation-wide, longitudinal-prospective Luxembourg Parkinson's study.

Objective

To profile the baseline dataset and to explore risk factors, comorbidities and clinical profiles associated with PD, atypical parkinsonism and controls.

Methods

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of all 1,648 participants divided in disease and control groups were investigated. Then, a cross-sectional group comparison was performed between the three largest groups: PD, progress

SUBMITTER: Pavelka L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10763250 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature