Insights on Genetic and Environmental Factors in Parkinson's Disease from a Regional Swedish Case-Control Cohort
(2022) In Journal of Parkinson's Disease 12(1). p.153-171- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) can be more or less relevant to a population due to population-specific genetic architecture, local lifestyle habits, and environmental exposures. Therefore, it is essential to study PD at a local, regional, and continental scale in order to increase the knowledge on disease etiology.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to PD in a new Swedish case-control cohort.
METHODS: PD patients (n = 929) and matched population-based controls (n = 935) from the southernmost county in Sweden were included in the cohort. Information on environmental exposures was obtained using questionnaires at inclusion. Genetic analyses included a... (More)
BACKGROUND: Risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) can be more or less relevant to a population due to population-specific genetic architecture, local lifestyle habits, and environmental exposures. Therefore, it is essential to study PD at a local, regional, and continental scale in order to increase the knowledge on disease etiology.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to PD in a new Swedish case-control cohort.
METHODS: PD patients (n = 929) and matched population-based controls (n = 935) from the southernmost county in Sweden were included in the cohort. Information on environmental exposures was obtained using questionnaires at inclusion. Genetic analyses included a genome-wide association study (GWAS), haplotype assessment, and a risk profile analysis using cumulative genetic risk scores.
RESULTS: The cohort is a representative PD case-control cohort (64% men, mean age at diagnosis = 67 years, median Hoehn and Yahr score 2.0), in which previously reported associations between PD and environmental factors, such as tobacco, could be confirmed. We describe the first GWAS of PD solely composed of PD patients from Sweden, and confirm associations to well-established risk alleles in SNCA. In addition, we nominate an unconfirmed and potentially population-specific genome-wide significant association in the PLPP4 locus (rs12771445).
CONCLUSION: This work provides an in-depth description of a new PD case-control cohort from southern Sweden, giving insights into environmental and genetic risk factors for PD in the Swedish population.
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- author
- Brolin, Kajsa LU ; Bandres-Ciga, Sara ; Blauwendraat, Cornelis ; Widner, Håkan LU ; Odin, Per LU ; Hansson, Oskar LU ; Puschmann, Andreas LU and Swanberg, Maria LU
- organization
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- Translational Neurogenetics (research group)
- EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
- MultiPark: Multidisciplinary research focused on Parkinson´s disease
- Regeneration in Movement Disorders (research group)
- Restorative Parkinson Unit (research group)
- Clinical Memory Research (research group)
- Clinical Neurogenetics (research group)
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Journal of Parkinson's Disease
- volume
- 12
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 153 - 171
- publisher
- IOS Press
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- scopus:85123814454
- pmid:34776419
- ISSN
- 1877-718X
- DOI
- 10.3233/JPD-212818
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 7ec05cd4-5203-4d7f-8bfd-40819a747706
- date added to LUP
- 2022-01-25 12:42:03
- date last changed
- 2024-09-19 19:20:46
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