Measuring Levels Of Lipids In Blood Helps Predict Severity Of Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms, Study Shows

Parkinson’s News Today (7/19, Wexler) reported, “Measuring levels of lipids (fat molecules) in the blood may help predict the severity of symptoms in Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests.” The study found a “machine learning algorithm trained on lipid profiles, as well as clinical and demographic data, was able to predict long-term symptom outcomes accurately, with particularly good predictive power for measuring the severity of motor symptoms and of depression, a common nonmotor symptom of Parkinson’s.” The findings were published in npj Parkinson’s Disease.