Exploring the association of coffee drinking, aspirin intake, and smoking with Parkinson's disease severity SciReports UniLuebeck coffee caffeine aspirin smoking parkinsons parksinsonsdisease PD publichealth
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaJun 14 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal, researchers evaluated the association between lifestyle habits such as caffeine, nicotine, and aspirin intake and the clinical severity of Parkinson's disease .
Additionally, the studies had small sample sizes, warranting further research to improve the generalizability of the findings. The team downloaded clinical variables from the Fox Insight study questionnaires. In addition, the mood was assessed using the "Your Mood" and "Your Current Health" questionnaires, which corresponded to the Geriatric Depression Scale , Motor Experiences of Daily Living - Part II, and Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaires .
Coffee drinkers had fewer problems swallowing, but the duration and quantity of coffee consumption did not show any significant association with either motor or non-motor PD symptoms. However, coffee intake correlated with unexplained pains. On the contrary, smoking habits directly correlated with non-motor symptoms; smokers had more unexplained pains, problems remembering, feeling unhappy, light-headedness, and anxiety, with effects proportional to the dose and duration of smoking. However, the association between smoking duration and feeling sad was weakened when considering cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.
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