农田的接近与肌缩性侧面硬化症的发病率和发病时的年龄有关
Umberto Manera1,2, Stefano Callegaro1, Antonio Canosa1,2,3
1"Rita Levi Montalcini" Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
European journal of neurology
|December 6, 2024
概括
靠近耕作作物生活与患有肌缩侧面硬化症 (ALS) 的风险更高有关. 靠近这些作物似乎也降低了ALS患者的发病年龄.
科学领域:
- 环境流行病学环境流行病学
- 神经退行性疾病研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 肌缩侧面硬化症 (ALS) 是一种复杂的神经退行性疾病,受遗传和环境因素的影响.
- 以前的研究表明,农村生活可能是ALS的风险因素,但尚未全面研究发病率,发病年龄和表型.
- 这项研究调查了耕地邻近对ALS的特定影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估住宅靠近耕地与ALS发病率之间的关联.
- 评估耕地暴露对ALS表型的影响,特别是发病年龄,发病地点和进展率.
主要方法:
- 从皮埃蒙特和阿奥斯塔谷登记处 (PARALS) 诊断出在2007年至2014年期间的ALS患者的利用地址史.
- 与诊断前20年的市政作物覆盖率相比,每年的ALS发病率均化.
- 根据周围的居住区在可变的半径计算了农田近距离得分,以分析暴露和表型.
主要成果:
- 市区的耕作作物的比例较高与ALS发病率的增加相关 (R=0.191,p<0.001).
- 居住在耕作作物附近的患者经历了显著较早的发病年龄,预期的中位数为1.8至3.4年.
- 历史数据还表明,葡萄园附近居住的患者的发病年龄较早.
结论:
- 在耕作作物附近和增加ALS风险之间建立了直接联系.
- 发现耕作作物/葡萄园的邻近和ALS发病年龄之间存在反向联系.
- 表明与耕地相关的特定环境污染物可能在ALS中起因作用.
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