Daily Mail Online : declared in Hepatitis B and C linked to risk of Parkinson's disease

The hepatitis B and C viruses may lead to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, a new study claims. A December 2015 study from Taiwan found a relationship between hepatitis C and Parkinson's disease, but it did not show any relationship for hepatitis B. The study found that people with hepatitis B were 76 percent more likely to develop Parkinson's disease and people with hepatitis C were 51 percent more likely. A total of 44 people with hepatitis B developed Parkinson's disease, compared to 25 cases that would be expected in the general population. For people with hepatitis C, 73 people developed Parkinson's disease, where about 49 cases would have been expected in the general population.

Hepatitis B and C may be linked to increased risk of Parkinson's disease

They looked for records of people with a first case of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, autoimmune hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis and HIV from 1999 to 2011. People with autoimmune hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis and HIV did not have an increased rate of Parkinson's disease. There were nearly 22,000 people with hepatitis B, 48,000 with hepatitis C, 6,000 with autoimmune hepatitis, 4,000 with chronic active hepatitis and nearly 20,000 with HIV. The study found that people with hepatitis B were 76 percent more likely to develop Parkinson's disease than those in the comparison group, and people with hepatitis C were 51 percent more likely to develop Parkinson's disease. A total of 44 people with hepatitis B developed Parkinson's disease, compared to 25 cases that would be expected in the general population.


Parkinson's disease: Hepatitis B and C viruses may be linked to increased riskThe viruses hepatitis B and C may both be associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the March 29, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. They looked for records of people with a first case of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, autoimmune hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis and HIV from 1999 to 2011. There were nearly 22,000 people with hepatitis B, 48,000 with hepatitis C, 6,000 with autoimmune hepatitis, 4,000 with chronic active hepatitis and nearly 20,000 with HIV. People with autoimmune hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis and HIV did not have an increased rate of Parkinson's disease. The study found that people with hepatitis B were 76 percent more likely to develop Parkinson's disease than those in the comparison group, and people with hepatitis C were 51 percent more likely to develop Parkinson's disease.


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