TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple sclerosis and migration in Italy
T2 - A case/control study. Preliminary reports
AU - la Mantia, L.
AU - Musicco, M.
AU - Mantegazza, R.
AU - Milanese, C.
AU - Corridori, F.
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - The present study was performed on Milan residents, in order to evaluate the risk of acquiring multiple sclerosis between patients born in Milan and patients born in Southern Italy. For this purpose, 216 consecutive subjects with definite or probable multiple sclerosis, inmates of the Neurological Institute C. Besta (Milan) from 1968-1976, were matched with 216 controls, uniform as regards age, sex, profession and residence, who were hospitalized at the same time for other neurological diseases. Comparing the case/control pairs for the migration, we observed that the North-Centre born had a relative risk of acquiring the disease significantly superior to one (RR = 1.9; P = 0.01) as compared to migrants from the Southern regions of Italy.
AB - The present study was performed on Milan residents, in order to evaluate the risk of acquiring multiple sclerosis between patients born in Milan and patients born in Southern Italy. For this purpose, 216 consecutive subjects with definite or probable multiple sclerosis, inmates of the Neurological Institute C. Besta (Milan) from 1968-1976, were matched with 216 controls, uniform as regards age, sex, profession and residence, who were hospitalized at the same time for other neurological diseases. Comparing the case/control pairs for the migration, we observed that the North-Centre born had a relative risk of acquiring the disease significantly superior to one (RR = 1.9; P = 0.01) as compared to migrants from the Southern regions of Italy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0019769937&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0019769937&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
C2 - 7347995
AN - SCOPUS:0019769937
SN - 0001-6314
VL - 64
SP - 361
EP - 369
JO - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
IS - 5
ER -