Modulation of the age at onset of Parkinson's disease by apolipoprotein E genotypes

Sepideh Zareparsi, Jeffrey Kaye, Richard Camicioli, Holly Grimslid, Barry Oken, Michael Litt, John Nutt, Thomas Bird, Gerard Schellenberg, Haydeh Payami

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Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) patients often develop dementia, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients frequently develop parkinsonian signs. The apolipoprotein E ε4 allele is associated with increased risk and earlier onset of AD. We studied 137 unrelated white PD patients. Those with ε4 had the earliest onset (52.7 ± 9.8 years), ε3/ε3 patients had an intermediate onset (56.1 ± 11.1 years), and those with ε2 had the latest onset (59.1 ± 13.4 years). The age at onset distribution for ε4/ε- was significantly earlier than for ε3/ε3 and ε2/ε3. These preliminary results suggest that apolipoprotein E genotypes modulate the age at onset of PD.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)655-658
Number of pages4
JournalAnnals of Neurology
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology

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