In a subgroup of families who had identical chromosome markers, those with no mutations in the gene developed symptoms at an average age of about 61, those with a single abnormal copy of parkin at around age 50, and those who inherited two mutated copies had onset at around age 36.
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"This is the first time anyone has shown that a single parkin mutation can lower the age of onset, " said Dr James Gusella, study leader and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Human Genetic Research.
Still, "most of the family history that we're collecting is just the presence or the absence of heart disease, not the age of onset or the type of disease, " says Dr. Arnett, who wasn't involved in the latest research.
Where both twins had the disease, there was an average of 3.66 years difference in age at onset between 25 sets of identical twins, and 8.12 years difference between 20 sets of fraternal (dizygotic) twins, suggesting genes had a role in determining when Alzheimer's was seen.
Victoria Copas, one of the paper's authors, says a Spanish study found that social interaction delayed the onset of neurological diseases associated with old age.
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Merely getting older doesn't make mental health problems more likely to occur, Rabins said, noting that middle age is the most common time for onset of depression.
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