Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Parkinson's Disease: Data from a Large Prospective European Cohort

Susan Peters, Valentina Gallo, Paolo Vineis, Lefkos T Middleton, Lars Forsgren, Carlotta Sacerdote, Sabina Sieri, Andreas Kyrozis, María-Dolores Chirlaque, Raul Zamora-Ros, Oskar Hansson, Jesper Petersson, Verena Katzke, Tilman Kühn, Olatz Mokoroa, Giovanna Masala, Eva Ardanaz, Salvatore Panico, Manuela M Bergmann, Timothy J KeyElisabete Weiderpass, Pietro Ferrari, Roel Vermeulen

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD) etiology is not well understood. Reported inverse associations with smoking and coffee consumption prompted the investigation of alcohol consumption as a risk factor, for which evidence is inconclusive.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations between alcohol consumption and PD risk.

METHODS: Within NeuroEPIC4PD, a prospective European population-based cohort, 694 incident PD cases were ascertained from 209,998 PD-free participants. Average alcohol consumption at different time points was self-reported at recruitment. Cox regression hazard ratios were estimated for alcohol consumption and PD occurrence.

RESULTS: No associations between baseline or lifetime total alcohol consumption and PD risk were observed. Men with moderate lifetime consumption (5-29.9 g/day) were at ~50% higher risk compared with light consumption (0.1-4.9 g/day), but no linear exposure-response trend was observed. Analyses by beverage type also revealed no associations with PD.

CONCLUSION: Our data reinforce previous findings from prospective studies showing no association between alcohol consumption and PD risk. © 2020 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Original languageEnglish
JournalMovement Disorders
Early online date01 May 2020
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Publication statusEarly online date - 01 May 2020

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© 2020 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

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