Long–term survival of Parkinson's disease
- 18 July 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Zeitschrift für Neurologie
- Vol. 253 (1) , 33-37
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-005-0916-7
Abstract
In a set of a population– based study, long–term survival of 59 prevalent PD patients was compared with that of individuals free of neurological diseases matched 1:2 by sex and age of enrolment. PD individuals, compared with reference subjects, showed a two–fold increased risk of death (OR 2.1; 95 % CI 1.4, 3.1). Among causes of death, pneumonia and cachexia were significantly more frequent among PD patients than among individuals free of neurological diseases. We confirmed in a long–term follow–up study an increased mortality among PD individuals compared with that of the general population.Keywords
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