: Sebastian Heinzel PhD, Daniela Berg MD, Thomas M. Gasser MD, Honglei Chen MD, Chun Yao MSc, Ronald B. Postuma MD, MSc
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Risk Markers:
1. Sex:
2. Regular Pesticide Exposure:
(i.e., ≥100 episodes of non-occupational exposure)
3. Occupational Solvent Exposure:
4. Consume Caffeinated Bevarage:
(i.e., <3 cups of coffee/6 cups of black tea per-week)
5. Smoking:
6. Family History of PD (first degree relative)?
7-1. Intermediate Strength Genetic Variants associated with PD
GBA Mutation (for specific mutation subtypes see: Anheim 2012, Neurology)
LRRK2 (p.G2019S) Mutation (Lee 2017, Mov Disord)
7-2. Polygenic Risk Score:
8. Documented Substantia Nigra Hyperechogenicity on Transcranial Ultrasound
(i.e., SN+ corresponds to an uni- or bilateral hyperechogenic area in the SN (>90th percentile of the reference sample))
9. Medical Diagnosis of Type II Diabetes Mellitus
10. Physical Inactivity:
(i.e., <1 hour/week of physical activity causing elevating in breath and heart rate/sweating)
11. Low Plasma Urate (Men)
A. Clinical Non-motor Markers:
(Auto-output Field)
A-1.1 Polysomnograph-proven RBD:
A-1.2 Are you able to exclude differential diagnosis when screening for RBD?
Results of screeening for RBD:
(*Differential diagnosis and possible drug-induced/nacrolepsy-related dream enactment should be excluded)
A-2 Excessive Daytime Somnolence:
(* Possible drug-induced or nacrolepsy-related RBD symptom should be excluded)
A-3 Olfactory Loss:
(i.e., total score below age-and-sex-adjusted threshold in a quantitative olfactory test (e.g. Sniffin' Stick, UPSIT or B-SIT)
A-4 Constipation:
(i.e., constipation requiring treatment more than once a week, or spontaneous bowel movement frequency less than every other day)
A-5 Urinary Dysfunction:
A-6 Severe Erectile Dysfunction:
A-7 Has a measurement of orthostatic hypotension been performed at the clinic?
Orthostatic Hypotension:
A-8 Depression (with/without Anxiety):
(Clinical diagnosis or reaching thresholds of at least moderate depression in depression inventories/questionnaires)
A-9 Global Cognitive Deficit:
(i.e., diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or score more than 1.5SD below the Age-and-sex-adjusted Norm)
B. Clinical Motor Markers:
(Auto-output Field)
B-1 UPDRS III Total Score >3 or MDS UPDRS III Total Score >6 (Physician Examination):
(*Excluding action tremor and potential confounds, such as arthritis)
B-2 Abnormal Quantitative Motor Testing (i.e., < Mean + 1SD):
(Abnormalities of quantitative motor tests according to defined thresholds, with performance 1 standard deviation (SD) below age-adjusted normal values. The motor test must be clearly demonstrably abnormal in clinical PD, with specificity compared to controls of ≥80%. If multiple quantitative motor tests are performed, the individual must score below threshold on ≥50% of them. Uncertain or borderline test results should not be included (use evaluator judgment).)