Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Europe: A collaborative study of population-based cohorts

Authors
de Rijk, MC Launer, LJ Berger, K Breteler, MMB Dartigues, JF Baldereschi, M Fratiglioni, L Lobo, A Martinez-Lage, J Trenkwalder, C Hofman, A
Citation
Mc. De Rijk et al., Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Europe: A collaborative study of population-based cohorts, NEUROLOGY, 54(11), 2000, pp. S21-S23
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
00283878 → ACNP
Volume
54
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Supplement
5
Pages
S21 - S23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(200006)54:11<S21:POPDIE>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The results of seven population-based studies were examined separately and pooled to obtain age- and sex-specific estimates of the prevalence of PD, A n in-person screening instrument and diagnostic clinical examination were u sed to detect potential PD cases, The overall prevalence (per 100 populatio n) in persons 65 years of age and older was 1.8, with an increase from 0.6 for those age 65 to 69 years to 2.6 for those 85 to 89 years. There were no sex differences in prevalence of PD.