Cutting early life exposure to parental smoking may lower the risk of developing MS (multiple sclerosis) in those who are genetically predisposed to the disease, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
BMJ GroupDec 11 2024 Cutting early life exposure to parental smoking may lower the risk of developing MS in those who are genetically predisposed to the disease, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry .
Exactly when the disease process begins isn't known either. But brain volume loss and poorer cognitive performance before clinical signs and symptoms appear suggests that these precede diagnosis. Participants in this study had good quality data on genotype and/or the known environmental risk factors of Epstein Barr virus infection, vitamin D levels, weight , parental tobacco exposure, and outdoor activity at the age of 5, plus high quality brain scan images at the ages of 9 and 13.
In all, 642 children tested positive for Epstein Barr virus infection and 405 had been exposed to household parental smoking. Specifically, higher genetic risk for MS was associated with a strong immune response to Epstein-Barr virus infection, and it was also associated with increased susceptibility to the negative effects of household parental smoking on brain development.
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