Military Service and Parkinson's Disease
Abstract
Determine whether military employment is associated with the risk of developing Parkinson s disease (PD). Scope: Two large population-based case-control studies of PD that were carried out in a health maintenance organization. Major findings: When compared to the men who had never served in the military, men that served in the military during peacetime but never during a conflict were not at increased risk of PD. However, the risk of PD was significantly increased among men who were deployed during one or more wars (adjusted OR= 1.8, 95% CI 1.2-2.8; p<0.01). The risk of PD was increased among men who were deployed during World II (OR = 2.1, 95% CI 1.3-3.6, p<0.005) or Viet Nam (OR = 2.6, 95% CI 0.9-7.13, p<0.07), but not among men who served during those time periods who were not deployed. No increased risk of PD was observed among men who were in the military at the time of the Korean conflict, either among the deployed or the non-deployed. Significance: Identifying the military occupations and exposures that are associated with a higher risk of PD could lead to important etiologic clues to this disabling neurodegenerative disease.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA583477
Entities
People
- Lorene M Nelson
Organizations
- Stanford University