000303099 001__ 303099 000303099 005__ 20250727021733.0 000303099 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3238/arztebl.m2025.0069 000303099 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:40392126 000303099 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:177533010 000303099 037__ $$aDKFZ-2025-01524 000303099 041__ $$aEnglish 000303099 082__ $$a610 000303099 1001_ $$aHolz, Anja$$b0 000303099 245__ $$aThe Relation of Multiple Sclerosis to Family History, Lifestyle, and Health Factors in Childhood and Adolescence: Findings of a Case-Control Study Nested Within the German National Cohort (NAKO) Study. 000303099 260__ $$aKöln$$bDt. Ärzte-Verl.$$c2025 000303099 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000303099 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000303099 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1753364362_3666 000303099 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000303099 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000303099 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000303099 520__ $$aMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory disease of presumed autoimmune origin. A combination of genetic susceptibility and exposure to certain environmental and lifestyle factors might trigger the onset of MS. The currently known risk factors include a genetic predisposition, infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), smoking, and an increased body mass index.In 2021-22, we carried out a case-control study nested within the German National Cohort (NAKO) to investigate associations of potential risk factors with MS.The subjects included 576 persons with MS (cases) and 895 without MS (controls). Beyond the known risk factors, we observed associations between MS and the cumulative number of common childhood infections (odds ratio (OR) 1.14 per additional infection, 95% confidence interval (CI): [1.03; 1.25]), major stressful life events (SLE) (OR 1.25 per additional event, [1.06; 1.48]), being the firstborn child of a mother aged 30 or older (OR 2.11, [1.08; 4.13]); higher amounts of physical activity in the teenage years were associated with a lower risk of MS (OR 0.82 per unit increase in activity level, [0.71; 0.95]).We confirmed known risk factors for MS and found associations with a number of new ones, e.g., the cumulative number of common childhood infections. 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