Journal article
Parkinsonism Differentiates Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus from Its Mimics.
- Allali G Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Garibotto V Department of Medical Imaging and Information Sciences, Division of Nuclear Medicine, and Molecular Imaging, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Assal F Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 2016-07-30
Published in:
- Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD. - 2016
Aging
mimics
normal pressure hydrocephalus
parkinsonism
white matter changes
Aged
Brain
Comorbidity
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure
Logistic Models
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Parkinsonian Disorders
Urinary Incontinence
White Matter
English
BACKGROUND
Parkinsonism is frequent in neurological conditions affecting gait and cognition, such as idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) and iNPH mimics, but its discriminating value between these two groups is still unidentified.
OBJECTIVE
This study aims to compare the prevalence of parkinsonism between iNPH and iNPH mimics and its discriminating value.
METHODS
Among 141 patients with suspicion of iNPH (75.7±7.1 years; 31.2% women), seventy-nine presented a possible or probable iNPH according to standardized diagnostic criteria and the remaining sixty-two were classified as iNPH mimics. Presence of parkinsonism and other seminal clinical symptoms of iNPH were systematically evaluated by a board-certified neurologist. Covariates include age, gender, comorbidities, and white matter disease burden using the age-related white matter changes scale. Logistic regressions were used to assess the association between parkinsonism and diagnostic groups.
RESULTS
Parkinsonism was present in 40.3% of iNPH mimics and 20.3% of iNPH (p-value: 0.015). The presence of parkinsonism, but not iNPH symptoms, was associated with the diagnosis of mimics in the adjusted model (adjusted odds ratio: 2.28; 95% CI: 1.06-4.93), even when age-related white matter changes were accounted for.
CONCLUSION
Compared to iNPH, the increased prevalence of parkinsonism in patients with iNPH mimics in the absence of significant white matter disease suggest an underlying neurodegenerative mechanism.
Parkinsonism is frequent in neurological conditions affecting gait and cognition, such as idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) and iNPH mimics, but its discriminating value between these two groups is still unidentified.
OBJECTIVE
This study aims to compare the prevalence of parkinsonism between iNPH and iNPH mimics and its discriminating value.
METHODS
Among 141 patients with suspicion of iNPH (75.7±7.1 years; 31.2% women), seventy-nine presented a possible or probable iNPH according to standardized diagnostic criteria and the remaining sixty-two were classified as iNPH mimics. Presence of parkinsonism and other seminal clinical symptoms of iNPH were systematically evaluated by a board-certified neurologist. Covariates include age, gender, comorbidities, and white matter disease burden using the age-related white matter changes scale. Logistic regressions were used to assess the association between parkinsonism and diagnostic groups.
RESULTS
Parkinsonism was present in 40.3% of iNPH mimics and 20.3% of iNPH (p-value: 0.015). The presence of parkinsonism, but not iNPH symptoms, was associated with the diagnosis of mimics in the adjusted model (adjusted odds ratio: 2.28; 95% CI: 1.06-4.93), even when age-related white matter changes were accounted for.
CONCLUSION
Compared to iNPH, the increased prevalence of parkinsonism in patients with iNPH mimics in the absence of significant white matter disease suggest an underlying neurodegenerative mechanism.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.3233/JAD-160428
- PMID 27472883
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/232544
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