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Population attributable fractions and joint effects of key risk factors for multiple sclerosis
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van der Mei, IAF and Lucas, RM and Taylor, BV and Valery, PC and Dwyer, T and Kilpatrick, TJ and Pender, MP and Williams, D and Chapman, C and Otahal, P and Ponsonby, AL, Population attributable fractions and joint effects of key risk factors for multiple sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 22, (4) pp. 461-469. ISSN 1352-4585 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1177/1352458515594040
Abstract
Methods: We performed an incident case-control study including cases with a first clinical diagnosis of central nervous system demyelination (FCD) and population-based controls.
Results: Compared to those without any risk factors, those with one, two, three, and four or five risk factors had increased odds of being an FCD case of 2.12 (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.11–4.03), 4.31 (95% CI, 2.24–8.31), 7.96 (95% CI, 3.84–16.49), and 21.24 (95% CI, 5.48–82.40), respectively. Only HLA-DR15 and history of infectious mononucleosis interacted significantly on the additive scale (Synergy index, 3.78; p = 0.03). The five key risk factors jointly accounted for 63.8% (95% CI, 43.9–91.4) of FCD onset. High anti-EBNA IgG was another important contributor.
Conclusions: A high proportion of FCD onset can be explained by the currently known risk factors, with HLA-DR15, ever smoking and low cumulative sun exposure explaining most. We identified a significant interaction between HLA-DR15 and history of IM in predicting an FCD of CNS demyelination, which together with previous observations suggests that this is a true interaction.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | first demyelinating event, gene-environment interaction, multiple sclerosis, population attributable fraction, risk factors |
| Research Division: | Medical and Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Public Health and Health Services |
| Research Field: | Epidemiology |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) |
| Objective Field: | Nervous System and Disorders |
| UTAS Author: | van der Mei, IAF (Associate Professor Ingrid van der Mei) |
| UTAS Author: | Taylor, BV (Professor Bruce Taylor) |
| UTAS Author: | Otahal, P (Mr Petr Otahal) |
| ID Code: | 102091 |
| Year Published: | 2016 (online first 2015) |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 18 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2015-07-28 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-03 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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