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Flora Zarola
Dr, Unit of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, Italy
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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%). Re.. View more»