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Jann Many thanks for this information dhiso Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jann Bell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 4:31 PM Subject: Re: IHT: Hints of a Parkinson's 'cluster' > Here is a recent post from a friend. It mainly addresses prevention, but > maybe it has benefits for PD sufferers as well. > > 1: Am J Epidemiol 2002 Apr 15;155(8):732-8 > > Parkinson's disease risks associated with cigarette smoking, alcohol > consumption, and caffeine intake. > > Checkoway H, Powers K, Smith-Weller T, Franklin GM, Longstreth WT Jr, > Swanson > PD. > > University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, > Department of Environmental Health, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. > [log in to unmask] > > A reduced risk for Parkinson's disease (PD) among cigarette smokers has been > observed consistently during the past 30 years. Recent evidence suggests > that > caffeine may also be protective. Findings are presented regarding > associations > of PD with smoking, caffeine intake, and alcohol consumption from a > case-control > study conducted in western Washington State in 1992-2000. Incident PD cases > (n = > 210) and controls (n = 347), frequency matched on gender and age were > identified > from enrollees of the Group Health Cooperative health maintenance > organization. > Exposure data were obtained by in-person questionnaires. Ever having smoked > cigarettes was associated with a reduced risk of PD (odds ratio (OR) = 0.5, > 95% > confidence interval (CI): 0.4, 0.8). A stronger relation was found among > current > smokers (OR = 0.3, 95% CI: 0.1, 0.7) than among ex-smokers (OR = 0.6, 95% > CI: > 0.4, 0.9), and there was an inverse gradient with pack-years smoked (trend p > < > 0.001). No associations were detected for coffee consumption or total > caffeine > intake or for alcohol consumption. However, reduced risks were observed for > consumption of 2 cups/day or more of tea (OR = 0.4, 95% CI: 0.2, 0.9) and > two or > more cola drinks/day (OR = 0.6, 95% CI: 0.3, 1.4). The associations for tea > and > cola drinks were not confounded by smoking or coffee consumption. > > PMID: 11943691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn