• Medicine · Jun 2023

    Relationship between medical history and multiple sclerosis: A-case-control study.

    • Fatemeh Esfandiari, Mobin Ghazaiean, Hadi Darvishi-Khezri, and Seyed Mohammad Baghbanian.
    • Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Jun 9; 102 (23): e33906e33906.

    AbstractThis project sought to explore the potential association between medical history and the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) by conducting a retrospective study. This population-based case-control study included 200 MS cases and 2 control groups of 200 patients and healthy individuals each. Data was collected through face-to-face interviews, medical file reviews, and an electronic checklist. Multivariable analysis was used to calculate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals to estimate the risk of each medical history on MS occurrences. Of 600 participants, 381 (63.5%) individuals were female. The mean age of the participants was 36.5 ± 11.9 years. The adjusted risks of MS were 4.40; 95% CI: 1.73 to 11.1 for measles and 4.75; 95% CI: 2.05 to 11 for amoxicillin consumption. The adjusted MS odds for autoimmune disease including 4.63; 95% CI: 0.35 to 60.6 for psoriasis and 7.15; 95% CI: 1.87 to 27.2 for myasthenia gravis. On the other hand, the calculated adjusted odds of MS occurrence were 0.14; 95% CI: 0.03 to 0.69 for seizure and 0.17; 95% CI: 0.02 to 1.49 for epilepsy. This study suggested that individuals with autoimmune diseases should be monitored more closely, as they may be at an increased risk of developing other autoimmune conditions, particularly MS.Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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