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- <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">van der Mei, I.A.F.</span> and <span class="person_name">Ponsonby, A-L.</span> and <span class="person_name">Dwyer, T.</span> and <span class="person_name">Blizzard, Leigh</span> and <span class="person_name">Simmons, R.</span> and <span class="person_name">Taylor, B.V.</span> and <span class="person_name">Butzkueven, H.</span> and <span class="person_name">Kilpatrick, T.</span> (2003) <xhtml:em>Past exposure to sun, skin phenotype, and risk of multiple sclerosis: case-control study.</xhtml:em> British Medical Journal, 327 (7410). pp. 316-320. ISSN 0959-535X</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_890' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/885/1/van_der_Mei_BMJ_2003.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_890' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_890"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/885/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/885/1/van_der_Mei_BMJ_2003.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />110Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7410.316">http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7410.316</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">OBJECTIVE: To examine whether past high sun exposure is associated with a reduced risk of multiple sclerosis. DESIGN: Population based case-control study. SETTING: Tasmania, latitudes 41-3 degrees S. PARTICIPANTS: 136 cases with multiple sclerosis and 272 controls randomly drawn from the community and matched on sex and year of birth. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Multiple sclerosis defined by both clinical and magnetic resonance imaging criteria. RESULTS: Higher sun exposure when aged 6-15 years (average 2-3 hours or more a day in summer during weekends and holidays) was associated with a decreased risk of multiple sclerosis (adjusted odds ratio 0.31, 95% confidence interval 0.16 to 0.59). Higher exposure in winter seemed more important than higher exposure in summer. Greater actinic damage was also independently associated with a decreased risk of multiple sclerosis (0.32, 0.11 to 0.88 for grades 4-6 disease). A dose-response relation was observed between multiple sclerosis and decreasing sun exposure when aged 6-15 years and with actinic damage. CONCLUSION: Higher sun exposure during childhood and early adolescence is associated with a reduced risk of multiple sclerosis. Insufficient ultraviolet radiation may therefore influence the development of multiple sclerosis.
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