Abstract

We established a prospective cohort study to investigate the differences in motor and non-motor symptoms between idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) and Parkinson's disease in carriers of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene risk variants (LRRK2-PD). The study included 1407 individuals with IPD and 649 individuals with LRRK2-PD (comprising 304 with LRRK2-G2385R, 220 with LRRK2-R1628P, and 105 with LRRK2-A419V). Differences in symptoms between LRRK2-PD and IPD were analyzed using LCMM modeling and Cox regression analysis. The LRRK2-G2385R variant showed slower progression in tremor symptoms and excessive daytime sleepiness compared with IPD. In contrast, symptoms associated with LRRK2-R1628P and LRRK2-A419V were more similar to those of IPD. Survival analysis revealed that LRRK2-PD does not affect life expectancy compared with IPD. Our extended longitudinal follow-up of LRRK2-PD in the Chinese population provided valuable insights, further confirming the clinical characteristics of the three LRRK2 variants.

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