Academic Editor: Graham Pawelec
Introduction: Parkinson’s disease
(PD) is caused by the interplay of genetic and environmental factors during brain
aging. About 90 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been recently
discovered associations with PD, but whether they associate with
the clinical features of PD have not been
fully addressed yet. Methods: Clinical data of 365 patients with PD who
enrolled in Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) study were
obtained. Patients with rapid motor progression were determined through clinical
assessments over five years follow-up. In addition, genetic information of 44
targeted SNPs was extracted from the genetic database of NeuroX for the same
cohort. Logistic regression was used to analyze the genetic associations with
rapid motor progression of PD. Results: Among 365 patients with PD,
there are more male (66%) than female (34%). Seven SNPs (rs6808178,
rs115185635, rs12497850, rs34311866, rs3793947, rs11060180, rs9568188) were
associated with faster motor progression (p
