title: Socioeconomic status in relation to Parkinson's disease risk and mortality: A population-based prospective study.
abstract: Little is known about the role of socioeconomic status in relation to Parkinson's disease (PD) risk, and no study has investigated whether the impact of socioeconomic status on all-cause mortality differs between individuals with and without PD.In this population-based prospective study, over 4.6 million Swedish inhabitants who participated in the Swedish census in 1980 were followed from 1981 to 2010. The incidence rate of PD and incidence rate ratio were estimated for the association between socioeconomic status and PD risk. Age-standardized mortality rate and hazard ratio (HR) were estimated for the association between socioeconomic status and all-cause mortality for individuals with and without PD.During follow-up, 66,332 incident PD cases at a mean age of 76.0 years were recorded. Compared to individuals with the highest socioeconomic status (high nonmanual workers), all other socioeconomic groups (manual or nonmanual and self-employed workers) had a lower PD risk. All-cause mortality rates were higher in individuals with lower socioeconomic status compared with high nonmanual workers, but relative risks for all-cause mortality were lower in PD patients than in non-PD individuals (e.g., for low manual workers, HR: 1.12, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.09-1.15 for PD patients; HR: 1.36, 95% CI: 1.35-1.36 for non-PD individuals).Individuals with lower socioeconomic status had a lower PD incidence compared to the highest socioeconomic group. Lower socioeconomic status was associated with higher all-cause mortality among individuals with and without PD, but such impact was weaker among PD patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Anna L V
authors.initials: ALV
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gatz
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wirdefeldt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013548:Sweden