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Number of individuals born preterm and their average gestational age in MS index cases and controls |
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| MS Index Cases |
Spousal Controls |
p value |
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| No. of individuals born preterm (%) |
370 (5.6%) |
130 (5.2%) |
0.41 |
| No. of females born preterm (%) |
280 (5.6%) |
46 (6.0%) |
0.67 |
| No. of males born preterm (%) |
90 (5.6%) |
84 (4.8%) |
0.31 |
| Average gestational age for preterm individuals |
34.6 weeks |
34.2 weeks |
0.25 |
Ramagopalan et al. BMC Neurology 2008 8:30 doi:10.1186/1471-2377-8-30 |
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