Papers/PMID:16864826

Dietary folate, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6 and the risk of Parkinson disease.

Neurology2006The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

pyridoxine

What it reported

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1 finding

pyridoxine — decreases parkinson's disease incidence
Evidence strength: very limited.Finding
“Higher dietary intake of vitamin B6 was associated with a significantly decreased risk of PD (hazard ratio per SD, 0.69 [95% CI 0.50 to 0.96]; for highest vs lowest tertile, 0.46 [0.22 to 0.96]).”
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Study

cohort
Dose

dietary vitamin B6 intake, per SD
Population

Community-dwelling adults aged 55 years and older, free of dementia and parkinsonism at baseline (Rotterdam Study); dietary intake by food frequency assessment
Effect 0.69 hazard ratio, 95% CI 0.5 to 0.96
Dietary folate, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6 and the risk of Parkinson disease.2006PMID:1686482610.1212/01.wnl.0000225050.57553.6dPermalink