My father has just been diagnosed with PD. He does not have diabetes, nor
has any other member of this family.
>>
>> Is anyone looking into the odds of a NON-PARKINSON having a family member
>> with glucose abnormalities? I don't think the survey results will tell us
>> much unless we can make a real comparison.
>>
>> Also, if the survey is to have any validity, EVERYONE should be encouraged
>> to respond, ESPECIALLY if they're writing only to say that there's NO
>> glucose abnormality in their family. If people with no relatives that have
>> glucose abnormalities fail to respond, the survey's automatically skewed.
>>
>Hmmm. I have another problem with this survey. My PD husband's sister
>has Diabetes. However, she is also morbidly obese which is *why* she has
>Diabetes. The other family member on my husband's side who had Diabetes
>was also extremely obese. Does this information muddy the waters of our
>survey? Are we looking at a control group (spouses of PD folks might fit
>that category).
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>Mary Ann
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