The association between red hair color (RHC) melanocortin 1 receptor genotype, past environmental sun exposure, and risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) was investigated in a population-based case-control study in Tasmania, Australia, involving 136 cases with MS and 272 controls. Increasing summer sun exposure at ages 6 through 10 years was associated with reduced MS risk among those with no RHC variant (p=0.03), but not among those with RHC variant genotype (p=0.15). The association was more evident for women than for men. [1]
Sun Exposure and Reduced Risk of Multiple Sclerosis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-22-9-11 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 72 - 72
Published on: Sep 1, 2008
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
© 2008 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.