Moderate drinking linked with lower mortality in Parkinson’s patients

The findings, published in the Journal of Neural Transmission, indicate a potential protective role of drinking in disease progression.

The study, published online ahead of print in the Journal of Neural Transmission, is the first large-scale, nationwide investigation to examine how alcohol consumption influences all-cause mortality in Parkinson’s disease.

Drawing on data from the Korea National Health Insurance Service, the authors followed 32,419 newly diagnosed PD patients between 2009 and 2017, using self-reported alcohol consumption habits from the National Health Screening Program. Over an average follow-up of 4.37 years, 9,049 deaths were recorded.

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