Association between diabetes and subsequent Parkinson disease

Neurology Journal

Fecha de publicación: June 13, 2018

DOI: doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000005636

Autores: Eduardo De Pablo-Fernandez, Raph Goldacre, Julia Pakpoor, Alastair J. Noyce, Thomas T. Warner.

Background: To investigate the association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and subsequent Parkinson disease (PD). Linked English national Hospital Episode Statistics and mortality data (1999–2011) were used to conduct a retrospective cohort study. A cohort of individuals admitted for hospital care with a coded diagnosis of T2DM was constructed, and compared to a reference cohort.

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