Department of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease Clinical Center Azienda Sanitaria Locale, Rome, Italy
Research Article
Retrospective Analysis of Diabetes Comorbidity in Populations with Movement Disorders Related to Parkinson's Disease
Author(s): Flora Zarola*
Background and aim of the work: Some studies during the time have shown a high comorbidity of diabetes in
parkinson's disease and related disorders. This imprerssion was also detected in our clinical experience. Therefore it
was decided to carry out a study about the incidence of diabetes in affected populations using the raw data collected
in clinical practice. The purpose of the analysis was to establish a possible action of diabetes as a risk factor for
extrapyramidal diseases.
Methods: We studied a group of 88 subjects with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) of which 18 with diabetes (20.45%, about
1 in 4), a group with Essential Tremor (ET) consisting of 68 subjects of which 17 affected by diabetes (25%) and a
group with Vascular Parkinsonism (VP) consisting of 21 subjects of which 5 with diabetes (23.8%).
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