Journal
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Volume 27, Issue 6, Pages 771-774Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mds.24918
Keywords
nutrition; Mediterranean diet; Parkinson's disease; dietary pattern
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- NIH [RO1-NS32527, AGO7232, R01AG028506, P30 ES009089, 1UL1 RR024156-01, KL2 RR024157]
- Parkinson's Disease Foundation
- Brookdale Foundation
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Background: Recent studies have demonstrated an association between a Mediterranean-type diet and Alzheimer's risk. We assessed the association between Mediterranean-type diet adherence and Parkinson's disease (PD) status. Methods: Two hundred and fifty-seven PD participants and 198 controls completed the Willett semiquantitative questionnaire that quantifies diet during the past year. Scores were calculated using a 9-point scale; higher scores indicated greater adherence to the Mediterranean-type diet. Logistic regression models were used to assess the association between PD status and Mediterranean-type diet, adjusting for caloric intake, age, sex, education, and ethnicity. Adjusted linear regression models were used to examine the association between Mediterranean-type diet adherence and PD age at onset. Results: Higher Mediterranean-type diet adherence was associated with reduced odds for PD after adjustment for all covariates (OR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.770.97; P = .010). Lower Mediterranean-type diet score was associated with earlier PD age at onset (beta = 1.09; P = .006). Conclusions: PD patients adhere less than controls to a Mediterranean-type diet. Dietary behavior may be associated with age at onset. (C) 2012 Movement Disorder Society
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