TY - JOUR
T1 - Familial aggregation of Parkinson disease in Utah
AU - Savica, Rodolfo
AU - Cannon-Albright, Lisa A.
AU - Pulst, Stefan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Academy of Neurology.
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Objective: To describe clustering of death from Parkinson disease (PD) in relatives in a large US study. Methods: We analyzed the Utah Population Database resource, which includes genealogy data of more than 2.7 million individuals linked to 519,061 individuals with a Utah death certificate (DC). We identified individuals whose DC included PD as a cause of death using ICD coding. In those individuals whose Utah DC listed PD as a cause of death, the relative risk (RR) of death with PD was determined among close and distant relatives using sex-, birth year-, and birthplace-specific rates. Results: We identified 4,031 individuals whose DC indicated PD. Among 18,127 first-degree relatives of probands with a Utah DC, the RR of death with PD was significantly increased (RR 1.82, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.61-2.04). The RR of death with PD was also significantly increased among 40,546 second-degree relatives with a Utah DC (RR 1.44, 95% CI 1.29-1.60) and among 93,398 third-degree relatives with a Utah DC (RR 1.10, 95% CI 1.03-1.18). Conclusions: Significant evidence for excess familial clustering was observed for PD deaths. The excess familial clustering and the significantly elevated RRs for PD among close and distant relatives strongly support a genetic contribution to PD mortality. These results confirm and expand the results of previous studies of PD by quantifying the risk of PD death among more distant relatives.
AB - Objective: To describe clustering of death from Parkinson disease (PD) in relatives in a large US study. Methods: We analyzed the Utah Population Database resource, which includes genealogy data of more than 2.7 million individuals linked to 519,061 individuals with a Utah death certificate (DC). We identified individuals whose DC included PD as a cause of death using ICD coding. In those individuals whose Utah DC listed PD as a cause of death, the relative risk (RR) of death with PD was determined among close and distant relatives using sex-, birth year-, and birthplace-specific rates. Results: We identified 4,031 individuals whose DC indicated PD. Among 18,127 first-degree relatives of probands with a Utah DC, the RR of death with PD was significantly increased (RR 1.82, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.61-2.04). The RR of death with PD was also significantly increased among 40,546 second-degree relatives with a Utah DC (RR 1.44, 95% CI 1.29-1.60) and among 93,398 third-degree relatives with a Utah DC (RR 1.10, 95% CI 1.03-1.18). Conclusions: Significant evidence for excess familial clustering was observed for PD deaths. The excess familial clustering and the significantly elevated RRs for PD among close and distant relatives strongly support a genetic contribution to PD mortality. These results confirm and expand the results of previous studies of PD by quantifying the risk of PD death among more distant relatives.
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U2 - 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000065
DO - 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000065
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020101334
SN - 2376-7839
VL - 2
JO - Neurology: Genetics
JF - Neurology: Genetics
IS - 2
M1 - e65
ER -