黑人吸烟和多发性硬化症风险:一个嵌套的病例控制研究
Vinicius A Schoeps1, Marianna Cortese2, Kassandra L Munger2
1Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
|December 17, 2023
概括
吸烟似乎不会增加黑人患多发性硬化症 (MS) 的风险. 这一发现表明,吸烟与多发性硬化症之间的联系可能因种族和民族不同而有所不同.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 环境健康 环境健康
背景情况:
- 吸烟是多发性硬化症 (MS) 的已知危险因素.
- 吸烟对不同种族和族群的MS风险的影响仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 根据种族/种族,调查吸烟是否会影响多发性硬化症的风险.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项嵌套病例控制研究,使用来自美国军事人员的血清样本.
- 测量了患有多发性硬化症的黑人和白人个体的血清丁氨酸水平 (烟草烟雾暴露的标志物).
- 对照组根据年龄,性别,种族/民族,样本采集日期和军事部门进行了匹配.
主要成果:
- 吸烟与黑人患MS的风险增加无关 (RR:1.08).
- 白人吸烟与MS风险之间的关联在统计学上并不显著 (RR:1.85),但点估计与之前的研究一致.
- 结果在各种分析中保持一致,包括不同的吸烟状态定义和采样时间.
结论:
- 吸烟与多发性硬化症风险之间的关联可能因种族/种族而异.
- 吸烟没有被发现与黑人群体的MS风险有关,与主要白人群体的发现形成鲜明对比.
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