title: Female preponderance of Parkinson's disease in Japan.
abstract: A male preponderance of Parkinson's disease (PD) has been reported in European countries and the USA. To verify this issue in Japanese patients with PD, we examined the age- and gender-specific prevalence of PD in Yamagata Prefecture (population 1,244,040), Japan. The prevalence of PD was 61.3/100,000 men and 91.0/100,000 women, showing that women were significantly more affected by PD than men (p < 0.001). Contrary to the findings in Europe and the USA, the results indicate a female preponderance of PD among the Japanese population.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawanami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katagiri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daimon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D015995:Prevalence; D012744:Sex Ratio