Growing evidence of traumatic brain injury as a PD risk factor
April 13, 2016…6, and followed-up to 2011 (Gardner et al. Ann Neurol 2015;77:987-995). Outcomes were compared to patients with non-TBI trauma, such as fractures. Overall, older TBI patients were more likely to be diagnosed with PD over the next 5-7 years compared to non-TBI trauma patients (1.7% vs. 1.1%; adjusted HR 1.44). PD risk was similar in patients with TBI due to a fall compared to other TBI causes. PD risk was higher following moderate/severe TBI compar…