Proportion of life spent in Canada and the incidence of multiple sclerosis in permanent immigrants
Vyas MV, Kapral MK, Rea A, Fang J, Rotstein DL. Neurology. 2024; 102(10):e209350. Epub 2024 Apr 24.
Introduction — Pathogenic movement of alpha-synuclein from the gut to the brain in PD has been proposed. The appendix has a relatively high density of alpha-synuclein deposition in neurologically healthy individuals. We investigated the incidence of PD after appendectomy.
Methods — Using cause-specific hazards regression models, we compared persons over 35 years of age who had undergone appendectomy with two groups of age- and sex-matched individuals having had: (1) a cholecystectomy and (2) neither procedure. Subsequent diagnoses of PD were identified.
Results — Among 42,999 individuals undergoing appendectomy, no difference in risk of PD was identified compared to cholecystectomy (hazard ratio = 1.004; 95% confidence interval: 0.740-1.364). Compared with no procedure, individuals with appendectomy had a higher incidence of PD within 5 years, but no significant difference in risk thereafter.
Conclusion — In our study, appendectomy in mid or late life does not appear to be associated with a reduced risk of PD.
Marras C, Lang AE, Austin PC, Lau C, Urbach DR. Mov Disord. 2016; 31(8):1243-7. Epub 2016 May 31.
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