Journal
JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 1981-1993Publisher
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/JPD-202487
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; 23andMe; smoking; alcohol; BMI
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- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research [MJFF12737]
- National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- 23andMe, Inc.
- Intramural Research Programs of the National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Barts Charity
- Isaac Schapera Trust
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The study utilized Mendelian randomization and found that smoking may reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease, while alcohol intake and higher BMI may increase the risk.
Background: Tobacco smoking and alcohol intake have been identified in observational studies as potentially protective factors against developing Parkinson's disease (PD); the impact of body mass index (BMI) on PD risk is debated. Whether such epidemiological associations are causal remains unclear. Mendelian randomsation (MR) uses genetic variants to explore the effects of exposures on outcomes; potentially reducing bias from residual confounding and reverse causation. Objective: Using MR, we examined relationships between PD risk and three unhealthy behaviours: tobacco smoking, alcohol intake, and higher BMI. Methods: 19,924 PD cases and 2,413,087 controls were included in the analysis. We performed genome-wide association studies to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with tobacco smoking, alcohol intake, and BMI. MR analysis of the relationship between each exposure and PD was undertaken using a split-sample design. Results: Ever-smoking reduced the risk of PD (OR 0.955; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.921-0.991; p = 0.013). Higher daily alcohol intake increased the risk of PD (OR 1.125, 95% CI 1.025-1.235; p= 0.013) and a 1 kg/m(2) higher BMI reduced the risk of PD (OR 0.988, 95% CI 0.979-0.997; p= 0.008). Sensitivity analyses did not suggest bias from horizontal pleiotropy or invalid instruments. Conclusion: Using split-sample MR in over 2.4 million participants, we observed a protective effect of smoking on risk of PD. In contrast to observational data, alcohol consumption appeared to increase the risk of PD. Higher BMI had a protective effect on PD, but the effect was small.
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