Social economic factors and the risk of multiple chemical sensitivity in a Danish population-based cross-sectional study: Danish Study of Functional Disorders (DanFunD).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a rare multisystem and poly-symptomatic disease characterised by a report of various somatic symptoms attributed to inhalation of volatile chemicals in usually harmless doses. The aim was to explore four selected social factors and the risk of MCS in the general Danish population.

Design

A cross-sectional general population-based study.

Setting

The Danish Study of Functional Disorders was conducted from 2011 to 2015 which included 9656 participants.

Participants

A total of 8800 participants were included in analyses after observations with missing data on exposure and/or outcome were excluded. A total of 164 cases fulfilled the questionnaire criteria for MCS. Of the 164 MCS cases, 101 reported no comorbid functi

SUBMITTER: Ahrendt Bjerregaard A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069487 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature