MS is often diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 40 and is more frequent in women.
New European research has found that living in urban areas and being exposed to air pollution could increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis .
The researchers assessed the participants’ exposure to air pollution in winter, which is the season with the highest pollutant concentrations, and focused on two types of air pollutants known as particulate matter: PM10, which are particles of particulate matter with a diameter of 10 micrometres or smaller, and PM2.5, which are particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter and 30 times smaller in diameter than a human hair.
“Some environmental factors, such as vitamin D levels and smoking habits, have been extensively studied, yet few studies have focused on air pollutants. We believe that air pollution interacts through several mechanisms in the development of MS and the results of this study strengthen that hypothesis.”
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