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IntroductionAlthough essential tremor (ET) is considered a common adult movement disorder, evidence on its incidence is still scant. This study aims at estimating ET incidence in two European countries, namely, the UK and France.MethodsIncident cases of ET were identified within the Health Improvement Network (THIN®) database between 1st January 2014 and 31 December 2019. Yearly crude and standardized incidence rates (IR) were estimated across the study period for both countries. Poisson regression models were built to assess temporal trends in IRs and differences between sexes and age classes.ResultsIn total, 4,970 and 4,905 incident cases of ET were identified in the UK and France, respectively. The yearly average crude IR (per 100,000 person-years) was 18.20 (95%CI: 15.09–21.32) in UK and 21.42 (17.83–25.00) in France, whereas standardized ones were 19.51 (18.97–20.01) and 19.50 (18.97-20.05). Regression analyses showed slightly increasing trends in both countries, higher incidence among males, and a significant increase with age. Yearly average IR increased from 3.96 (0.95–6.97) and 5.28 (1.12–9.44) in subjects aged <20 years to 49.27 (26.29–72.24) and 51.52 (30.19–72.86) in those aged >80 year in UK and France.ConclusionsStandardized ET incidence was comparable in the UK and France, showing a slight increase in both countries, reporting a higher value among people aged 60 years and older. This study outlines the need to conduct future studies to estimate the burden of ET in terms of disease control and healthcare resource utilization.

Objective The purpose of this study was to simultaneously contrast prediagnostic clinical characteristics of individuals with a final diagnosis of dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), Parkinson's disease (PD), and Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared with controls without neurodegenerative disorders. Methods Using the longitudinal THIN database in the United Kingdom, we tested the association of each neurodegenerative disorder with a selected list of symptoms and broad families of treatments, and compared the associations between disorders to detect disease‐specific effects. We replicated the main findings in the UK Biobank. Results We used data of 28,222 patients with PD, 20,214 with AD, 4,682 with DLB, and 20,214 healthy controls. All neurodegenerative disorders were significantly associated with the presence of multiple clinical characteristics before their diagnosis, including sleep disorders, falls, psychiatric symptoms, and autonomic dysfunctions. When comparing patients with DLB with patients with PD and patients with AD patients, falls, psychiatric symptoms, and autonomic dysfunction were all more strongly associated with DLB in the 5 years preceding the first neurodegenerative diagnosis. The use of statins was lower in patients who developed PD and higher in patients who developed DLB compared to patients with AD. In patients with PD, the use of statins was associated with the development of dementia in the 5 years following PD diagnosis. Interpretation Prediagnostic presentations of falls, psychiatric symptoms, and autonomic dysfunctions were more strongly associated with DLB than PD and AD. This study also suggests that although several associations with medications are similar in neurodegenerative disorders, statin usage is negatively associated with PD but positively with DLB and AD as well as development of dementia in PD. ANN NEUROL 2023;94:259–270

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