Calcium channel blocker use and risk of Parkinson's disease
- 8 September 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Movement Disorders
- Vol. 25 (12), 1818-1822
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.23191
Abstract
We investigated whether the use of calcium channel blockers (CCBs) was associated with a reduced risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) in two large prospective cohorts: the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and Health Professionals' Follow‐Up Study (HPFS). Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to assess the association between use of CCBs and risk of PD adjusting for potential confounders. We identified 514 incident cases of PD during follow‐up. No association between baseline use of CCBs (RR = 1.18, 95% CI: 0.73–1.92), frequency of use or duration of use of CCBs and PD risk was observed (P > 0.2 for all). These findings do not support a role for CCBs in providing neuroprotection against development of PD. © 2010 Movement Disorder SocietyThis publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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