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Prevalence of [[MS]] disease is higher in female. This can be [[hormone]] related or more susceptibility to environmental risk factors.
Prevalence of [[MS]] disease is higher in female. This can be [[hormone]] related or more susceptibility to environmental risk factors.<ref name="pmid17052660">{{cite journal |vauthors=Orton SM, Herrera BM, Yee IM, Valdar W, Ramagopalan SV, Sadovnick AD, Ebers GC |title=Sex ratio of multiple sclerosis in Canada: a longitudinal study |journal=Lancet Neurol |volume=5 |issue=11 |pages=932–6 |date=November 2006 |pmid=17052660 |doi=10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70581-6 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid11526384">{{cite journal |vauthors=Whitacre CC |title=Sex differences in autoimmune disease |journal=Nat. Immunol. |volume=2 |issue=9 |pages=777–80 |date=September 2001 |pmid=11526384 |doi=10.1038/ni0901-777 |url=}}</ref>


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==References==

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Overview

Risk Factors

Common environmental risk factors in the development of multiple sclerosis are smoking[1], genetic[2], ethnic[3], occupational exposures and toxins, physical environment and stress.[4]

smoking

various studies showed that smoking, beside cardiovascular diseases and cancer, can be a risk factor of multiple sclerosis.[1][5]

Genetic

Some studies demonstrate that MS has a strong genetic base. The first degree family of a MS patient is at 10-25 times greater risk than normal population, so genetically susceptible people are more likely to developed MS disease.[6][2]

ethnic

MS prevalence is lower in African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese and Filipinos people rather than white men.[3]

sex

Prevalence of MS disease is higher in female. This can be hormone related or more susceptibility to environmental risk factors.[7][8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Riise T, Nortvedt MW, Ascherio A (October 2003). "Smoking is a risk factor for multiple sclerosis". Neurology. 61 (8): 1122–4. PMID 14581676.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sadovnick AD, Baird PA, Ward RH (March 1988). "Multiple sclerosis: updated risks for relatives". Am. J. Med. Genet. 29 (3): 533–41. doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320290310. PMID 3376997.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kurtzke JF, Beebe GW, Norman JE (September 1979). "Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in U.S. veterans: 1. Race, sex, and geographic distribution". Neurology. 29 (9 Pt 1): 1228–35. PMID 573402.
  4. Coo H, Aronson KJ (2004). "A systematic review of several potential non-genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis". Neuroepidemiology. 23 (1–2): 1–12. doi:10.1159/000073969. PMID 14739563.
  5. Hernán MA, Olek MJ, Ascherio A (July 2001). "Cigarette smoking and incidence of multiple sclerosis". Am. J. Epidemiol. 154 (1): 69–74. PMID 11427406.
  6. Robertson NP, Fraser M, Deans J, Clayton D, Walker N, Compston DA (April 1996). "Age-adjusted recurrence risks for relatives of patients with multiple sclerosis". Brain. 119 ( Pt 2): 449–55. PMID 8800940.
  7. Orton SM, Herrera BM, Yee IM, Valdar W, Ramagopalan SV, Sadovnick AD, Ebers GC (November 2006). "Sex ratio of multiple sclerosis in Canada: a longitudinal study". Lancet Neurol. 5 (11): 932–6. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70581-6. PMID 17052660.
  8. Whitacre CC (September 2001). "Sex differences in autoimmune disease". Nat. Immunol. 2 (9): 777–80. doi:10.1038/ni0901-777. PMID 11526384.

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