Social determinants of health and disparate disability accumulation in a cohort of Black, Hispanic, and White patients with multiple sclerosis.
Christopher M OrlandoCarlos A PérezPaunel AgyeiMarwah ElsehetySonia Kaur SinghJoseph ThomasOmar AlainaJohn A LincolnPublished in: Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) (2023)
Black race and Hispanic ethnicity are not significantly associated with EDSS in models that include individual and neighborhood-level SDOH indicators. Further research should elucidate mechanisms by which structural inequities affect MS disease course.