Association of pregnancies with risk of multiple sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnancies have an impact on the disease course of multiple sclerosis (MS), but their relationship with MS risk is yet unclear.

Objective

To determine the relationships of pregnancies and gynecological diagnoses with MS risk.

Methods

In this retrospective case-control study, we assessed differences in gynecological International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) code recording rates between women with MS (n = 5720), Crohn's disease (n = 6280), or psoriasis (n = 40,555) and women without these autoimmune diseases (n = 26,729) in the 5 years before diagnosis.

Results

Twenty-eight ICD-10 codes were recorded less frequently for women with MS as compared to women without autoimmune disease, 18 of which are pre

SUBMITTER: Gasperi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315178 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature