Case-control study of adverse childhood experiences and multiple sclerosis risk and clinical outcomes.
Mary K HortonShannon McCurdyXiaorong ShaoKalliope BellesisTerrence ChinnCatherine SchaeferLisa F BarcellosPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Despite rich data and multiple approaches to operationalizing ACEs, no consistent and statistically significant effects were observed between ACEs with MS. This highlights the challenges of studying sensitive, retrospective events among adults that occurred decades before data collection.