Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) among immigrant groups and Swedish-born individuals: a cohort study of all adults 18 years of age and older in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a lack of studies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in immigrants.

Objective

The objective is to study the association between country of birth and incident ALS in first-generation immigrants versus Swedish-born individuals, and in second-generation immigrants versus native Swedes.

Methods

Study populations included all adults aged 18 years and older in Sweden, in the first-generation study 6,128,698 individuals (2,975,141 men, 3,153,557 women) with 5,344 ALS cases (3017 men, 2327 women), and in the second-generation study 4,588,845 individuals (2,346,855 men and 2,241,990 women) with 3,420 cases (2027 men and 1393 women). ALS was defined as having at least one registered diagnosis of ALS in the National Patient Register 1998-2017. The inciden

SUBMITTER: Wandell P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8940831 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature