Statins are underused in recent-onset Parkinson's disease with increased vascular risk: findings from the UK Tracking Parkinson's and Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC) discovery cohorts

Swallow, Diane M. A., Lawton, Michael A., Grosset, Katherine A., Malek, Naveed, Klein, Johannes, Baig, Fahd, Ruffmann, Claudio, Bajaj, Nin P., Barker, Roger A., Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Burn, David J., Foltynie, Thomas, Morris, Huw R., Williams, Nigel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1177-6931, Wood, Nicholas W., Hu, Michele T. M. and Grosset, Donald G. 2016. Statins are underused in recent-onset Parkinson's disease with increased vascular risk: findings from the UK Tracking Parkinson's and Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC) discovery cohorts. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 87 (11) , pp. 1183-1190. 10.1136/jnnp-2016-313642

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Abstract

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) influences phenotypic variation in Parkinson’s disease (PD), and is usually an indication for statin therapy. It is less clear whether cardiovascular risk factors influence PD phenotype, and if statins are prescribed appropriately. Objectives To quantify vascular risk and statin use in recent-onset PD, and examine the relationship between vascular risk, PD severity and phenotype. Methods Cardiovascular risk was quantified using the QRISK2 calculator (high ≥20%, medium ≥10 and <20%, low risk <10%). Motor severity and phenotype were assessed using the Movement Disorder Society Unified PD Rating Scale (UPDRS) and cognition by the Montreal cognitive assessment. Results In 2909 individuals with recent-onset PD, the mean age was 67.5 years (SD 9.3), 63.5% were men and the mean disease duration was 1.3 years (SD 0.9). 33.8% of cases had high vascular risk, 28.7% medium risk, and 22.3% low risk, while 15.2% of cases had established CVD. Increasing vascular risk and CVD were associated with older age ( p<0.001), worse motor score (p<0.001), more cognitive impairment (p<0.001) and worse motor phenotype ( p=0.021). Statins were prescribed in 37.2% with high vascular risk, 15.1% with medium vascular risk and 6.5% with low vascular risk, which compared with statin usage in 75.3% of those with CVD. Conclusions Over 60% of recent-onset PD patients have high or medium cardiovascular risk (meriting statin usage), which is associated with a worse motor and cognitive phenotype. Statins are underused in these patients, compared with those with vascular disease, which is a missed opportunity for preventive treatment.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	0022-3050
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 November 2016
Date of Acceptance:	17 July 2016
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 18:59
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/96016

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