| Title: | Heart Rate Profiles During Exercise and Incident Parkinson's Disease |
| Journal: | Annals of Neurology |
| Published: | 2 Aug 2025 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40751507/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.70010 |
| URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/ana.70010 |
Publication 17467
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether established heart rate parameters of exercise, related to cardiac autonomic function, are associated with incident Parkinson's disease, independent of both clinical and autonomic prodromal features.</p>
METHODS: A study of UK Biobank participants who performed a standardized bicycle exercise test (2009-2013), followed until November 2022, and analyzed in January 2024, was carried out. Heart rate increase from rest to exercise, and heart rate decrease from peak exercise to recovery were associated with incident Parkinson's disease. Multivariable adjustment was performed both for clinical characteristics and for prodromal non-cardiac autonomic features.</p>
RESULTS: A total of 69,288 eligible participants (men 48%, mean age 56.8 years [SD 8.2 years]) were followed for 12.5 years: among the 319 (0.5%) who developed Parkinson's disease, recognized prodromal markers (constipation, bladder dysfunction) were more common at baseline. The median lag time to diagnosis was 9.3 years (interquartile range 4.4). Both heart rate increase (37.5 [SD 11.5] vs 40.8 [SD 12.4] b.p.m., p < 0.001) and recovery (23.4 [SD 8.8] vs. 27.8 [SD 10.3] b.p.m., p < 0.001) were significantly lower in incident cases compared with controls. Heart rate recovery was independently associated with incident Parkinson's disease, whereas heart rate increase was not. Specifically, a blunted heart rate lowering during recovery was associated with a 30% higher risk of incident Parkinson's disease (HR 1.3; 95% CI 1.1-1.4; p < 0.001 per 10 beats less recovery).</p>
INTERPRETATION: Collectively, this suggests that cardiac autonomic involvement precedes clinically manifest Parkinson's disease, and that heart rate recovery might serve as a quantitative prodromal marker. ANN NEUROL 2025;98:1004-1013.</p>
12 Keywords
- Aged
- Exercise
- Exercise Test
- Female
- Heart Rate
- Humans
- Incidence
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Parkinson Disease
- Prodromal Symptoms
- United Kingdom
14 Authors
- Stefan van Duijvenboden
- Julia Ramírez
- Job Scheurink
- Sirwan K. L. Darweesh
- Michele Orini
- Andrew Tinker
- Patricia B. Munroe
- Jos Thannhauser
- Luc Evers
- Joanna IntHout
- Pier D. Lambiase
- Bastiaan R. Bloem
- Aiden Doherty
- Marc A. Brouwer
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