Smokers are known to be at higher risk for multiple sclerosis, but a new study suggests that parental cigarette smoking is also linked to increased MS risk in their offspring.
HELSINKI, Finland — Results from a new multinational study suggests that e xposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy or parental smoking during early childhood is associated with increased risk for
"Early-life factors are crucial in determining the risk for MS, and this is an emerging field of research," Ferri said. "If you compare two studies that have recently been published on maternal smoking during pregnancy...one says there is no association, while the other concludes that children of mothers who smoked had a higher risk of developing MS," Ferri said."It is confusing.
Results were adjusted for participants' age, smoking history, and history of infectious mononucleosis.
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