The combined effect of lifestyle factors and polygenic scores on age at onset in Parkinson's disease

Carolin Gabbert, Leonie Blöbaum, Theresa Lüth, Inke R König, Amke Caliebe, Sebastian Sendel, Björn-Hergen Laabs, Christine Klein, Joanne Trinh

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the association between a Parkinson's disease (PD)-specific polygenic score (PGS) and protective lifestyle factors on age at onset (AAO) in PD. We included data from 4367 patients with idiopathic PD, 159 patients with GBA1-PD, and 3090 healthy controls of European ancestry from AMP-PD, PPMI, and Fox Insight cohorts. The association between PGS and lifestyle factors on AAO was assessed with linear and Cox proportional hazards models. The PGS showed a negative association with AAO (β = - 1.07, p = 6 × 10-7) in patients with idiopathic PD. The use of one, two, or three of the protective lifestyle factors showed a reduction in the hazard ratio by 21% (p = 0.0001), 44% (p < 2 × 10-16), and 55% (p < 2 × 10-16), compared to no use. An additive effect of aspirin (β = 7.62, p = 9 × 10-7) and PGS (β = - 1.58, p = 0.0149) was found for AAO without an interaction (p = 0.9993) in the linear regressions, and similar effects were seen for tobacco. In contrast, no association between aspirin intake and AAO was found in GBA1-PD (p > 0.05). In our cohort, coffee, tobacco, aspirin, and PGS are independent predictors of PD AAO. Additionally, lifestyle factors seem to have a greater influence on AAO than common genetic risk variants with aspirin presenting the largest effect.

Original languageEnglish
JournalScientific Reports
Volume14
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)14670
ISSN2045-2322
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25.06.2024

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