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Tracking Parkinson's : Study Design and Baseline Patient Data

Malek, Naveed ; Swallow, Diane M A ; Grosset, Katherine A ; Lawton, Michael A ; Marrinan, Sarah L ; Lehn, Alexander C ; Bresner, Catherine ; Bajaj, Nin ; Barker, Roger A LU and Ben-Shlomo, Yoav , et al. (2015) In Journal of Parkinson's Disease 5(4). p.59-947
Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is wide variation in the phenotypic expression of Parkinson's disease (PD), which is driven by both genetic and epidemiological influences.

OBJECTIVES: To define and explain variation in the clinical phenotype of PD, in relation to genotypic variation.

METHODS: Tracking Parkinson's is a multicentre prospective longitudinal epidemiologic and biomarker study of PD. Patients attending specialist clinics in the United Kingdom with recent onset (<3.5 years) and young onset (diagnosed <50 years of age) PD were enrolled. Motor, non-motor and quality of life assessments were performed using validated scales. Cases are followed up 6 monthly up to 4.5 years for recent onset PD, and up to 1 year for young onset... (More)

BACKGROUND: There is wide variation in the phenotypic expression of Parkinson's disease (PD), which is driven by both genetic and epidemiological influences.

OBJECTIVES: To define and explain variation in the clinical phenotype of PD, in relation to genotypic variation.

METHODS: Tracking Parkinson's is a multicentre prospective longitudinal epidemiologic and biomarker study of PD. Patients attending specialist clinics in the United Kingdom with recent onset (<3.5 years) and young onset (diagnosed <50 years of age) PD were enrolled. Motor, non-motor and quality of life assessments were performed using validated scales. Cases are followed up 6 monthly up to 4.5 years for recent onset PD, and up to 1 year for young onset PD. We present here baseline clinical data from this large and demographically representative cohort.

RESULTS: 2247 PD cases were recruited (1987 recent onset, 260 young onset). Recent onset cases had a mean (standard deviation, SD) age of 67.6 years (9.3) at study entry, 65.7% males, with disease duration 1.3 years (0.9), MDS-UPDRS 3 scores 22.9 (12.3), LEDD 295 mg/day (211) and PDQ-8 score 5.9 (4.8). Young onset cases were 53.5 years old (7.8) at study entry, 66.9% male, with disease duration 10.2 years (6.7), MDS-UPDRS 3 scores 27.4 (15.3), LEDD 926 mg/day (567) and PDQ-8 score 11.6 (6.1).

CONCLUSIONS: We have established a large clinical PD cohort, consisting of young onset and recent onset cases, which is designed to evaluate variation in clinical expression, in relation to genetic influences, and which offers a platform for future imaging and biomarker research.

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Adult, Age of Onset, Aged, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Genotype, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parkinson Disease, Phenotype, Research Design, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Journal of Parkinson's Disease
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5
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4
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13 pages
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IOS Press
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  • scopus:84952667395
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1877-718X
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10.3233/JPD-150662
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English
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  author       = {{Malek, Naveed and Swallow, Diane M A and Grosset, Katherine A and Lawton, Michael A and Marrinan, Sarah L and Lehn, Alexander C and Bresner, Catherine and Bajaj, Nin and Barker, Roger A and Ben-Shlomo, Yoav and Burn, David J and Foltynie, Thomas and Hardy, John and Morris, Huw R and Williams, Nigel M and Wood, Nicholas and Grosset, Donald G}},
  issn         = {{1877-718X}},
  keywords     = {{Adult; Age of Onset; Aged; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Genotype; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Parkinson Disease; Phenotype; Research Design; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{59--947}},
  publisher    = {{IOS Press}},
  series       = {{Journal of Parkinson's Disease}},
  title        = {{Tracking Parkinson's : Study Design and Baseline Patient Data}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-150662}},
  doi          = {{10.3233/JPD-150662}},
  volume       = {{5}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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