multiple sclerosisseasonality of birth
Is season of birth associated with multiple sclerosis?
Autor(en)
Salemi G, Ragonese P, Aridon P, Reggio A, Nicoletti A, Buffa D, Conte S, Savettieri G
Veröffentlichungsdatum
2000
Ort der Sudie
Italy
Abstract
The monthly distribution of MS patients' births (N= 965) was compared with that of the Sicilian population (N= 5,608,307). The distribution of births among MS patients compared with the general population was not different when tested by the chi2 statistic (P> 0.25). The Hewitt's non-parametric test for seasonality showed an excess of births between June and November among MS patients (P=0.004). CONCLUSION: A different pattern of MS patients' births is observed in Sicily and in Northern countries
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