Childhood and adolescence factors and multiple sclerosis: results from the German National Cohort (NAKO)

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-773952
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.77395

Holz, Anja ; Obi, Nadia ; Ahrens, Wolfgang ; Berger, Klaus ; Bohn, Barbara ; Brenner, Hermann ; Fischer, Beate

; Fricke, Julia ; Führer, Amand ; Gastell, Sylvia ; Greiser, Karin Halina ; Harth, Volker ; Heise, Jana-Kristin ; Holleczek, Bernd ; Keil, Thomas ; Klett-Tammen, Carolina J. ; Leitzmann, Michael

; Lieb, Wolfgang ; Meinke-Franze, Claudia ; Michels, Karin B. ; Mikolajczyk, Rafael ; Nimptsch, Katharina ; Peters, Annette ; Pischon, Tobias ; Riedel, Oliver ; Schikowski, Tamara ; Schipf, Sabine ; Schmidt, Börge ; Schulze, Matthias B. ; Stang, Andreas ; Hellwig, Kerstin ; Riemann-Lorenz, Karin ; Heesen, Christoph ; Becher, Heiko

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Abstract

Background Multiple Sclerosis (MS) represents the most common inflammatory neurological disease causing disability in early adulthood. Childhood and adolescence factors might be of relevance in the development of MS. We aimed to investigate the association between various factors (e.g., prematurity, breastfeeding, daycare attendance, weight history) and MS risk. Methods Data from the baseline ...