Chronic renal dysfunction, proteinuria, and risk of Parkinson's disease in the elderly

The roles of chronic kidney disease and proteinuria in the development of Parkinson's disease have not been widely studied. The objective of this study was to examine the associations of chronic renal dysfunction and proteinuria with the risk of PD in older adults using cohort data of the whole South Korean population.We included 3,580,435 individuals aged ≥65 years who had undergone health checkups provided by the National Health Insurance...