Association of metabolic syndrome and change in Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale scores
Conclusions:
Persons with Parkinson disease meeting modified criteria for metabolic syndrome experienced a greater increase in total UPDRS scores over time, mainly as a result of increases in motor scores, compared to those who did not. Further studies are needed to confirm this finding.
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier:
NCT00449865.
Source: Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Leehey, M., Luo, S., Sharma, S., Wills, A.-M. A., Bainbridge, J. L., Wong, P. S., Simon, D. K., Schneider, J., Zhang, Y., Perez, A., Dhall, R., Christine, C. W., Singer, C., Cambi, F., Boyd, J. T. Tags: All Medical/Systemic disease, Endocrine, Parkinson's disease/Parkinsonism ARTICLE Source Type: research
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