Smoking is a risk factor for early conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis

Author:

Di Pauli F1,Reindl M1,Ehling R1,Schautzer F2,Gneiss C1,Lutterotti A1,O’Reilly EJ3,Munger KL3,Deisenhammer F1,Ascherio A4,Berger T1

Affiliation:

1. Clinical Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

2. Department of Neurology, County Hospital, Villach, Austria

3. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

4. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Abstract

Background Cigarette smoking increases the risk for development of multiple sclerosis and modifies the clinical course of the disease. In this study, we determined whether smoking is a risk factor for early conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis after a clinically isolated syndrome. Methods We included 129 patients with a clinically isolated syndrome, disseminated white-matter lesions on brain magnetic resonance imaging, and positive oligoclonal bands in the cerebrospinal fluid. The patients’ smoking status was obtained at the time of the clinically isolated syndrome. Results During a follow-up time of 36 months, 75% of smokers but only 51% of non-smokers developed clinically definite multiple sclerosis, and smokers had a significantly shorter time interval to their first relapse. The hazard ratio for progression to clinically definite multiple sclerosis was 1.8 (95% confidence interval, 1.2–2.8) for smokers compared with non-smokers ( P = 0.008). Conclusions Smoking is associated with an increased risk for early conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis after a clinically isolated syndrome, and our results suggest that smoking is an independent but modifiable risk factor for disease progression of multiple sclerosis. Therefore, it should be considered in the counseling of patients with a clinically isolated syndrome.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Neurology (clinical),Neurology

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