Lifestyle Factors and Parkinson’s Disease Risk in a Rural New England Case-Control Study

Table 3

Use of lead in jobs or hobbies and PD risk.

At least 2 times each month for a year or longer:		Controls	PD	Logistic regression model
		n = 195	n = 97	Univariate
Make a stained glass or art glass using lead joints	No	192 (98.5)	93 (95.9)	OR 2.75 (95% CI 0.60–14.21)
	Yes	3 (1.5)	4 (4.1)
Cast bullets or other lead objects	No	191 (97.9)	97 (100.0)	NA
	Yes	4 (2.1)	0 (0.0)
Make or use lead fish weights/sinkers	No	188 (96.4)	87 (89.7)	OR 3.09 (95% CI 1.15–8.76)
	Yes	7 (3.6)	10 (10.3)
Any of above hobbies	No	182 (93.3)	85 (87.6)	OR 3.09 (95% CI 1.15–8.76)
	Yes	13 (6.7)	12 (12.4)
				Multivariable
				OR 2.67 (95% CI 1.05–6.80)

Adjusted for age, sex, smoking, head trauma, family history.