People with Parkinson’s disease at high risk of death from Covid-19: study

October 2, New York (SocialNews.XYZ) In a study of about 80,000 patients, researchers, including one from India, found that Parkinson’s disease (PD) was 30% more likely to die of Covid-19 than people without neurodegeneration. discovered.

This study, published in the journal Movement Disorders, suggests that Parkinson’s disease is an independent risk factor for Covid-19 death.

The research team identified a cohort of Cpvod-19 patients as of July 15 and analyzed mortality data after 8 weeks. They found that 5.5% (4,290 of 78,355) of Covid-19 patients without PD died, compared to 21.3% (148 of 694) of Covid-19 patients with PD. Did.

“But PD patients are generally older and more likely to be male. All of these factors also increase the risk of death from Covid-19,” said Nandakumar Narayanan, a research researcher at the University of Iowa. ..

The research team used two approaches: age- and gender-based logistic regression, and matching each PD patient with five non-PD patients of exact age, gender, and race, and performing conditional logistic regression. .. In both cases, researchers found that patients with PD had a 30% increased risk of death from Covid-19.

“We are aware of the limitations of this study. This is retrospective data from a single database, but these data show that Parkinson’s disease is an independent risk factor for death in Covid-19. I’m sure we do, “said Narayanan.

“We believe this observation will be of interest to clinicians and public health authorities treating patients with Parkinson’s disease,” he added.

Researchers also said the findings should inform PD patients and their doctors that it is becoming increasingly important to prevent Covid-19 infection in these patients.

The team noted that doctors should also weigh the increased risk of death from Covid-19 when considering ways to directly care for PD patients during a pandemic.

Source: IANS

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