Incidence and prevalence of Parkinson’s disease in Buenos Aires City, Argentina

Abstract

This is the first study in South America that estimates the incidence of PD. Our results are consistent with other studies from other regions using similar methodologies.

The Incidence of Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Of all the studies, 16 were performed in Europe [5,7,8,10,12,14,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] , 5 in Asia [9,15,16,28,29] , 4 in North America [11,13,17,30] , 1 in Australia [31] , and 1 in South America [6] (online suppl. material 3 for table of included studies).…”

“…In all, from both searches, 14 studies [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] provided data that could be included in the meta-analyses. Three studies [5,9,15] provided information on incidence proportions as the unit of time over which new cases developed was not specified.…”

The Health Profile of People Living with Parkinson?s Disease Managed in a Comprehensive Care Setting

“…All patients who were referred to the principal investigator (RI) were considered for participation based on their eligibility to meet the inclusion criteria. The demographics of the participating cohort revealed that the age distribution, sex ratio, duration of disease and severity (as rated according to the modified H&Y Scale) were similar to published prevalence studies [12,13] and incorporated the broad extent of the PD timeline and its associated severity ratings. Overall the cohort can be considered to be a representative sample of the condition in the Australian context.…”

Inverse association between yerba mate consumption and idiopathic Parkinson's disease. A case–control study

“…However, as it has been mention before, the PD's range of prevalence is so wide in Argentina that we cannot achieve any certain conclusion [24,25]. Unfortunately, data about PD prevalence in others YM consumer countries are rare or not available, this makes very difficult to establish a correlation between effect of YM and prevalence of PD.…”

“…Previous studies conducted in two different cities from Argentina reported a crude prevalence rates ranging 394 to 656.8/100,000 population [24,25].…”