Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease risk factors
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Overview
Risk of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease increases with age. It occurs most commonly in people older than 60 years.
Risk Factors
Following are the various risk factors for CJD whch have been reported in multiple studies:
- Increasing age
- Family history of CJD[1]
- History of psychosis[1]
- Multiple surgical procedures[2]
- Living on a farm for more than 10 yrs[2]
- People receiving human growth hormone (HGH) or dura mater graft are at increased risk of iatrogenic CJD.
- Consumption of contaminated beef has been associated with increased risk of variant CJD.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wientjens, DP.; Davanipour, Z.; Hofman, A.; Kondo, K.; Matthews, WB.; Will, RG.; van Duijn, CM. (1996). "Risk factors for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a reanalysis of case-control studies". Neurology. 46 (5): 1287–91. PMID 8628468. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Collins, S.; Law, MG.; Fletcher, A.; Boyd, A.; Kaldor, J.; Masters, CL. (1999). "Surgical treatment and risk of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a case-control study". Lancet. 353 (9154): 693–7. PMID 10073510. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Ward, HJ.; Everington, D.; Cousens, SN.; Smith-Bathgate, B.; Leitch, M.; Cooper, S.; Heath, C.; Knight, RS.; Smith, PG. (2006). "Risk factors for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a case-control study". Ann Neurol. 59 (1): 111–20. doi:10.1002/ana.20708. PMID 16287153. Unknown parameter
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