Multiple sclerosis in the Faroe Islands
Detailed questionnaires were completed in 1978–79 by 23 of the 28 then known resident Faroese multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and 127 controls. These controls were divided into 69 Group A (patient sibs and other relatives), 37 Group B (matched neighbor controls, their spouses and sibs, plus patient...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7188329 2023-05-15T16:10:56+02:00 Multiple sclerosis in the Faroe Islands Kurtzke, J. F. Hyllested, K. Arbuckle, J. D. Bronnum‐Hansen, H. Wallin, M. T. Heltberg, A. Jacobsen, H. Olsen, A. Eriksen, L. S. 2009-01-29 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7188329/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9300067 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00258.x en eng Blackwell Publishing Ltd http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7188329/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9300067 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00258.x This article is being made freely available through PubMed Central as part of the COVID-19 public health emergency response. It can be used for unrestricted research re-use and analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source, for the duration of the public health emergency. Article Text 2009 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00258.x 2020-05-03T00:51:09Z Detailed questionnaires were completed in 1978–79 by 23 of the 28 then known resident Faroese multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and 127 controls. These controls were divided into 69 Group A (patient sibs and other relatives), 37 Group B (matched neighbor controls, their spouses and sibs, plus patient's spouse), and 21 Group C (distant matched controls, spouses, relatives living where MS patients never resided and British troops were not encamped during the war). No differences between cases and controls were found for education, occupation, types of residence, bathing, sanitary or drinking facilities, and nature of house construction or heating. Detailed dietary histories, available for half the subjects, revealed no difference, cases versus controls, for four age periods between age 0 and 30 years, and for 16 specified foodstuffs. Animal exposures showed overall no consistent differences by location or type of animal. There was a tendency to greater exposure to British troops during the war for cases versus Groups A and B, but this did not attain statistical significance. Vaccinations for smallpox, tetanus and diphtheria were less common in the MS; no difference was found for other vaccinations. Except for a relative deficit in the cases for rubella and (insignificantly) for measles, mumps and chicken pox, reported illnesses were equally common among all groups. Operations, hospitalizations and injuries did not differentiate the groups, nor did age at menarche for women. Neurologic symptoms were significantly more common in the cases than in the controls. Text Faroe Islands PubMed Central (PMC) Faroe Islands Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 96 3 149 157 |
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Detailed questionnaires were completed in 1978–79 by 23 of the 28 then known resident Faroese multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and 127 controls. These controls were divided into 69 Group A (patient sibs and other relatives), 37 Group B (matched neighbor controls, their spouses and sibs, plus patient's spouse), and 21 Group C (distant matched controls, spouses, relatives living where MS patients never resided and British troops were not encamped during the war). No differences between cases and controls were found for education, occupation, types of residence, bathing, sanitary or drinking facilities, and nature of house construction or heating. Detailed dietary histories, available for half the subjects, revealed no difference, cases versus controls, for four age periods between age 0 and 30 years, and for 16 specified foodstuffs. Animal exposures showed overall no consistent differences by location or type of animal. There was a tendency to greater exposure to British troops during the war for cases versus Groups A and B, but this did not attain statistical significance. Vaccinations for smallpox, tetanus and diphtheria were less common in the MS; no difference was found for other vaccinations. Except for a relative deficit in the cases for rubella and (insignificantly) for measles, mumps and chicken pox, reported illnesses were equally common among all groups. Operations, hospitalizations and injuries did not differentiate the groups, nor did age at menarche for women. Neurologic symptoms were significantly more common in the cases than in the controls. |
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Multiple sclerosis in the Faroe Islands |
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