Smokeless tobacco use and the risk of Parkinson's disease mortality

Eilis J O'Reilly; Marji L McCullough; Ann Chao; S Jane Henley; Eugenia E Calle; Michael J Thun; A Ascherio

doi:10.1002/mds.20587

Smokeless tobacco use and the risk of Parkinson's disease mortality

Mov Disord. 2005 Oct;20(10):1383-4. doi: 10.1002/mds.20587.

Authors

Eilis J O'Reilly¹, Marji L McCullough, Ann Chao, S Jane Henley, Eugenia E Calle, Michael J Thun, A Ascherio

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

PMID: 16007624
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20587

Abstract

We examined the association between smokeless tobacco use and Parkinson's disease (PD) mortality as assessed by death certificate in a prospective cohort of 95,981 never-smoking men. In this cohort, smokeless tobacco use is inversely associated with PD mortality, with an age-adjusted risk of 0.22 (0.07-0.67) among current users compared to never users.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Humans
Male
Parkinson Disease / epidemiology*
Parkinson Disease / mortality
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Tobacco Use Disorder / epidemiology*
Tobacco, Smokeless*