Review Article

Hyposmia as a Predictive Marker of Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included evidence.

AuthorYearCountryPopulationAgeGender (M/F)TeventTsampleCeventCsamplePD diagnosisHyposmia assessmentFollow-upNOS

Antje Haehner [32]2018Germanypatients diagnosed with an idiopathic smell disorder at Smell and Taste Clinic from 2000 to 2014 were contacted for a telephone interview.70.1 ± 11.4 years (range 26–95 years)216/25844406168NAthe “Sniffin’ Sticks”average 8.1 years (range 2–17 years; ± SD 3.75)9
Alastair J. Noyce [33]2017UKparticipants were recruited via the study website following an advertising campaign in 201166.2 (63.5-70.5) years517/80641983198U.K. Brain Bank diagnostic criteriaUPSIT3 years9
Honglei Chen [34]2017US3,075 well-functioning community-dwelling individuals in the metropolitan areas of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Memphis, Tennessee.70–79 years48.4/51.6 (%)26764161698ICD-9-CMBSIT16 years8

Stefanie Lerche [35]2014Germany & Italy & Austriathe PRIPS cohorts & Bruneck cohort59 (50–93) years51.9/48.1 (%)123598888the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS-I)the “Sniffin’ Sticks”5 years9
Michael J. Karpa [36]2010Australiathe BMES cohort>60 years685/9511944131195NASDOIT10 years8
Mirthe M Ponsen [37]2009The Nether-landscohort of non-parkinsonian, non-demented first-degree relatives of PD patientsNANA540038the UK Parkinson’s disease Society Brain Bank (UK-PDSBB) criteriaa combination of an odour detection, discrimination and identification task5 years9
G. Webster Ross [13]2008US & JapanHonolulu-Asia Aging Study (HAAS)79.7 ±4.1 (range, 71–95) yearsmen221064131203the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating ScaleBSIT8 years8

M/F: male/female; Tevent: people with PD and hyposmia; Tsample: people with PD; Cevent: people with PD but without hyposmia: Csample: people without PD or hyposmia; NOS: the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale; NA: not clear; UPSIT: the US version of the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test; ICD-9-CM: International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification; BSIT: the 12-Item Brief Smell Identification Test; SDOIT: the San Diego Odor Identification Test.