Journal of Movement Disorders

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The association between the triglyceride-glucose index and the incidence risk of Parkinson’s disease: A nationwide cohort study: Yoonkyung Chang, Ju-young Park, Ji Young Yun, Tae-Jin Song; Received June 9, 2024 Accepted February 26, 2025 Published online February 27, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.24131 [Accepted]

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We aimed to investigate the association between the triglyceride-glucose index, which measures insulin resistance, and the incidence risk of Parkinson’s disease.
Methods
Our study used the Health Screening Cohort database of the National Health Insurance Service of South Korea (2002–2019). We included 310,021 participants who had no previous history of Parkinson’s disease and for which more than 3 triglyceride-glucose index measurements were available. A diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease was determined using the code of the International Classification of Diseases 10th edition (G20) with a specific reimbursement code for rare intractable diseases and a history of prescriptions for anti-Parkinsonism drugs.
Results
During a median of 9.64 years (interquartile range 8.72–10.53), 4,587 individuals (1.48%) had Parkinson’s disease. Based on a multivariable time-dependent Cox proportional hazards model, a per-unit increase in triglyceride-glucose index scores was associated with a significantly increased risk of Parkinson’s disease (Hazard ratio (HR): 1.062, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.007–1.119). In a sensitivity analysis, the triglyceride-glucose index was associated with the incidence risk of Parkinson’s disease in a non–diabetes mellitus cohort (HR: 1.093. 95% CI: 1.025–1.165), but not in a diabetes mellitus cohort (HR: 0.990, 95% CI: 0.902–1.087). In a restricted cubic spline analysis, the association between the triglyceride-glucose index and the incidence risk of Parkinson’s disease showed a non-linear increasing (J-shape) trend.
Conclusion
Our study demonstrated that higher triglyceride-glucose index scores were associated with the incidence risk of Parkinson’s disease in the general population, particularly in a non-diabetes mellitus cohort.

Falls and Physical Injuries in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease: Tae-Jin Song, Do Hyun Kim, Kwon-Duk Seo, Seung-Hun Oh, Chul Hyoung Lyoo, Myung Sik Lee; J Mov Disord. 2008;1(1):13-18.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.08003

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Background:

In Parkinson’s disease (PD), falls and subsequent physical injuries are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality. We investigated the characteristics of falls and physical injuries in Korean patients with PD.

Methods:

This study included 239 patients with PD. Using the medical records and interviews, we studied the characteristics of fall and its consequences retrospectively.

Results:

Among the 239 patients with PD, 129 (54.0%) patients had a history of fall. The mean interval between the disease onset and the first fall was 15.3 months. Among them, 83 patients (64.3%) fell more than twice. Eighty-six patients (66.7%) had physical injuries and 21 patients (15.3%) had fractures including 7 with hip fracture and 7 with arm fracture. Patients with physical injuries fell earlier and repetitively. They tended to fall during the night, toward lateral or posterior direction, and were unable to make protective hand movements.

Conclusions:

Elderly PD patients with long duration have a high risk of fall. To prevent the physical injuries, the clinicians should try to reduce the off time and advice the patients and caregivers to limit physical activities during the night.

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