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Life-style and Dietary Factors Early and Late in Parkinson’s Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

P. Vieregge ,
C.v. Maravic  and
H.-J. Friedrich
P. Vieregge*
Affiliation:
Klinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universitat zu Lübeck, D-2400 Lübeck, Federal Republic of Germany
C.v. Maravic
Affiliation:
Klinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universitat zu Lübeck, D-2400 Lübeck, Federal Republic of Germany
H.-J. Friedrich
Affiliation:
Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Dokumentation, Medizinische Universitat zu Lübeck, D-2400 Lübeck, Federal Republic of Germany
*
Klinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allée 160, D-2400 Lübeck FRG
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The study investigated features of life-style and dietary habits early and late in life of patients with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (IPD). Seventy-one patients and 103 controls were interviewed personally with a structured questionnaire. Living in villages during primary school time was significantly more frequent among patients, and in the urban environment patients had lived less frequently in larger-sized towns. Mushroom harvesting during childhood was more frequent among patients. No difference between patients and controls was found in childhood water supply, habits of fishing in the countryside or at the seaside, and eating such fish. Actual food preference in patients was greater for almonds and plums, while no difference was found in the actual intake of mushrooms, peanuts, oil-dressed salad, fish and animal offals. The study did not indicate a higher consumption of foods known to harbour heavy metals and pesticides in IPD patients either long before or during the disease. Reduced consumption of foodstuffs rich in vitamin E, as reported previously for premorbid patients, is no longer observed in patients with overt disease.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , May 1992 , pp. 170 - 173
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1992

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