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JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY
卷 31, 期 8, 页码 1068-1073出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0883073816638754
关键词
multiple sclerosis; pediatrics; Hispanic American; child neurology; ethnicity
资金
- National MS Society
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH) [KL2TR000131]
- Race to Erase Foundation Young Investigator award
Multiple sclerosis can affect pediatric patients. Our aim was to compare characteristics between pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis and adult-onset multiple sclerosis in Hispanic Americans. This was a cross-sectional analysis of 363 Hispanic American multiple scleroses cases; demographic and clinical characteristics were analyzed. A total of 110 Hispanic patients presented with multiple sclerosis before age 18 and 253 as adult multiple sclerosis. The most common presenting symptoms for both was optic neuritis. Polyfocal symptoms, seizures, and cognitive symptoms at presentation were more prevalent in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (P .001). Transverse myelitis was more frequent in adult-onset multiple sclerosis (P .001). Using multivariable analysis, pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (adjusted odds ratio, 0.3OR 95% confidence interval 0.16-0.71, P = .004) and being US born (adjusted odds ratio, 0.553, 95% confidence interval 0.3-1.03, P = .006) were less likely to have severe ambulatory disability. Results suggest that pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis and adult-onset multiple sclerosis in Hispanics have differences that could be important for treatment and prognosis.
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