High BMI in Youths as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Multiple Sclerosis: Weighing Up the Evidence

Affiliations

¹ From the CORe (T.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne; MS Centre (T.K.), Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia; Faculty of Medicine (Neurology) and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (H.T.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Harvard School of Public Health (A.A.), Boston, MA. tomas.kalincik@unimelb.edu.au.
² From the CORe (T.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne; MS Centre (T.K.), Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia; Faculty of Medicine (Neurology) and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (H.T.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Harvard School of Public Health (A.A.), Boston, MA.

Editorial

Tomas Kalincik et al. Neurology. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 7;97(23):1057-1058.

doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012966. Epub 2021 Oct 25.

¹ From the CORe (T.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne; MS Centre (T.K.), Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia; Faculty of Medicine (Neurology) and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (H.T.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Harvard School of Public Health (A.A.), Boston, MA. tomas.kalincik@unimelb.edu.au.
² From the CORe (T.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne; MS Centre (T.K.), Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia; Faculty of Medicine (Neurology) and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (H.T.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Harvard School of Public Health (A.A.), Boston, MA.

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Association of Body Mass Index in Adolescence and Young Adulthood and Long-term Risk of Multiple Sclerosis: A Population-Based Study.
Høglund RAA, Meyer HE, Stigum H, Torkildsen Ø, Grytten N, Holmøy T, Nakken O. Høglund RAA, et al. Neurology. 2021 Dec 7;97(23):e2253-e2261. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012957. Epub 2021 Oct 25. Neurology. 2021. PMID: 34697245