Checkoway H, Franklin G M, Costa-Mallen P, Smith-Weller T, Dilley J, Swanson P D, Costa L G
Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7234, USA.
Neurology. 1998 May;50(5):1458-61. doi: 10.1212/wnl.50.5.1458.
In a population-based case-control study, we found a reversal of the association of cigarette smoking with Parkinson's disease (PD) in relation to the monoamine oxidase B intron 13 genetic polymorphism. A reduced PD risk related to pack-years of smoking was detected for persons with the G allele, whereas an opposite effect was found among persons with the A allele. These results indicate an unexplained interaction between cigarette smoking and this genetic polymorphism.
在一项基于人群的病例对照研究中,我们发现,就单胺氧化酶B内含子13基因多态性而言,吸烟与帕金森病(PD)之间的关联出现了反转。对于携带G等位基因的人,检测到与吸烟包年数相关的帕金森病风险降低,而在携带A等位基因的人当中则发现了相反的效应。这些结果表明吸烟与这种基因多态性之间存在无法解释的相互作用。