By Judy George
Source Medpagetoday
Dementia in Parkinson’s disease occurred less frequently or later in the disease course than previously reported, data from two ongoing prospective cohorts showed.
The study, reported in Neurologyopens in a new tab or window by Daniel Weintraub, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) in Philadelphia, and co-authors, assessed longitudinal information from the international Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) cohort and a long-standing Parkinson’s research cohort at Penn.
When data from both cohorts were combined, the estimated risk of dementia by duration of Parkinson’s disease was:
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