Increasing age of multiple sclerosis onset from 1920 to 2022: a population-based study

• Published in: Journal of neurology Vol. 271; no. 4; pp. 1610 - 1617
• Main Authors: Habbestad, A., Willumsen, J. S., Aarseth, J. H., Grytten, N., Midgard, R., Wergeland, S., Myhr, K. M., Torkildsen, Ø.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age; Age composition; Age of Onset; Cohort Studies; Diagnosis; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Multiple sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis - epidemiology; Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting - epidemiology; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Norway - epidemiology; Original Communication; Population studies; Prevalence; Risk factors; Norway; Multiple sclerosis; Sex-difference; Prevalence; Cohort; Age

Objective To study the age at onset of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) during the past century. Methods This is a population-based cohort study of persons diagnosed with RRMS in Hordaland, Møre, and Romsdal counties, Western Norway, from 1920 to 2022. Individual patient data were avail...