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. 2020 Sep 14;91(10):1046–1054. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-323646

Table 1.

Associations of risk factors with incident PD status

Risk factor Category OR Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI P value Likelihood ratio FDR Q
Family history: PD Family history 2.19 1.81 2.65 3.62E-13 9.78E-12
Alcohol: <1 drink per week Environmental 1.39 1.24 1.57 8.96E-08 1.21E-06
Depression Comorbidity 1.76 1.43 2.17 9.40E-07 8.46E-06
Epilepsy Comorbidity 2.87 1.97 4.19 2.58E-06 1.39E-05
Excessive daytime sleepiness Prodrome 1.33 1.19 1.50 2.07E-06 1.39E-05
Smoking status: current Environmental 0.65 0.51 0.81 2.34E-04 0.001
Smoking status: previous Environmental 0.88 0.78 0.98 2.34E-04 0.001
Family history: dementia Family history 1.26 1.09 1.45 0.002 0.008
Age at menarche Early life 0.93 0.88 0.98 0.010 0.032
Diabetes Comorbidity 1.27 1.03 1.57 0.030 0.086
Gastric ulcer Comorbidity 1.69 1.09 2.64 0.032 0.086
Age at voice breaking: older than average Early life 1.01 0.70 1.45 0.073 0.156
Age at voice breaking: younger than average Early life 1.54 1.09 2.18 0.073 0.156
Family history: stroke Family history 1.11 0.99 1.26 0.075 0.156
Head injury Comorbidity 2.00 1.03 3.87 0.064 0.156
Childhood obesity Early life 1.13 0.97 1.32 0.132 0.255
Hypertension Comorbidity 1.08 0.96 1.22 0.182 0.328
Exposed to maternal smoking Early life 0.92 0.80 1.05 0.213 0.343
Family history: depression Family history 1.11 0.94 1.32 0.216 0.343
Anxiety Comorbidity 1.30 0.82 2.04 0.281 0.400
Breastfed as a baby Early life 0.91 0.77 1.08 0.281 0.400
Family history:diabetes Family history 0.93 0.81 1.07 0.331 0.447
BMI Environmental 1.01 0.99 1.02 0.363 0.467
Age completed full time education Early life 0.99 0.96 1.02 0.403 0.473
Right-handed Early life 0.92 0.77 1.11 0.398 0.473
Migraine Comorbidity 1.14 0.80 1.62 0.488 0.549
Constipation Prodrome 1.28 0.32 5.13 0.741 0.789
Pesticide exposure Environmental 1.12 0.55 2.30 0.759 0.789
Cups of coffee per day Environmental 1.00 0.97 1.03 0.918 0.918

Output is from logistic regression models of the form PD status ~Age+Sex+Deprivation+Ethnicity+risk factor. P values are asymptotic p values calculating from the z statistic. Likelihood ratio test Q values represent the local FDR-corrected p value for the likelihood ratio test comparing model fit with and without the risk factor term (ie, compared with a null model consisting only of the covariates age, sex, ethnicity and deprivation).

BMI, body mass index; FDR, false discovery rate; PD, Parkinson’s disease.