Journal article
Higher non-processed red meat consumption is associated with a reduced risk of central nervous system demyelination
LJ Black, GS Bowe, G Pereira, RM Lucas, K Dear, I Van Der Mei, JL Sherriff, A Coulthard, T Dwyer, T Kilpatrick, T McMichael, MP Pender, AL Ponsonby, B Taylor, P Valery, D Williams
Frontiers in Neurology | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2019
Abstract
The evidence associating red meat consumption and risk of multiple sclerosis is inconclusive. We tested associations between red meat consumption and risk of a first clinical diagnosis of central nervous system demyelination (FCD), often presaging a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. We used food frequency questionnaire data from the 2003–2006 Ausimmune Study, an incident, matched, case-control study examining environmental risk factors for FCD. We calculated non-processed and processed red meat density (g/1,000 kcal/day). Conditional logistic regression models (with participants matched on age, sex, and study region) were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) a..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Funding for the Ausimmune Study was provided by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of the United States of America (NMSS RG 3364A1/2), the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (313901) and Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia. LB is supported by a Multiple Sclerosis Western Australia Postdoctoral Fellowship. RL is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Senior Research Fellowship (1107343). Funding bodies had no role in the design or conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis or interpretation of data; or preparation, review or approval of the manuscript.