Smoking and Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Using the Bradford Hill Criteria for Causation

Conclusion This first review to supplement systematic review and meta-analytic methods with Hill's criteria to analyze the smoking-MS association provides evidence supporting the causal involvement of smoking in the development and progression of MS. Smoking prevention and cessation programs and policies should consider MS as an additional health risk when aiming to reduce smoking prevalence in the population. Abbreviations
Source: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders - Category: Neurology Source Type: research