Occupational stress and risk for Parkinson's disease: A nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stress has been suggested as a contributing factor in the etiology of Parkinson's Disease (PD), but epidemiological evidence is sparse.

Objective

The objective of this study was to explore the association between occupational stress according to the job demands-control model and the risk for PD.

Methods

We conducted a population-based cohort study with 2,544,748 Swedes born 1920 to 1950 who had an occupation reported in the population and housing censuses in 1980 or, if missing, in 1970. Job demands and control were measured using a job-exposure matrix. Incident PD cases were identified using Swedish national health registers from 1987 to 2010. Data were analyzed with Cox regression with age as the underlying time scale, adjusting for sex, education, and ch

SUBMITTER: Sieurin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6220861 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature