Population
US veterans of World War II and the Korean Conflict comprising MS cases and pre-illness matched controls
Design
Case-control
Authors
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No practice change for MS risk assessment; leaves open causal roles of SES, education, and latitude.
In US veterans of WWII and the Korean Conflict, higher socioeconomic status, education, and northern latitude were associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis.
Kurtzke et al. (1997) studied this question.
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