Hawkes C H, Ramkumar N, Baker R, Lyon J L
Essex Neuroscience Centre, Oldchurch Hospital, Essex, UK.
Acta Neurol Scand. 2007 Apr;115(4):260-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00770.x.
Compliant members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS, Mormons) have a low incidence of heart and lung disease that may relate to their healthy life style. We wished to determine whether multiple sclerosis (MS) was less frequent in this religious body.
To ascertain this, diagnostic and treatment coding records were accessed from the Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators (DMBA) for the 6 year period 1997-2002. DMBA is a medical insurance company that provides medical insurance to all employees of LDS Church in the US. This information was combined with prescribing records for disease modifying treatment, principally beta-interferon and Copaxone which are medications specific to MS.
Using various search strategies we derived an approximate MS prevalence of 45-64/100,000.
Comparison with MS rates from Utah and other states of comparable latitude suggest that strict LDS have an MS prevalence that is lower than expected and may reflect their healthy life style.
耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（LDS，摩门教）的信徒中，心肺疾病的发病率较低，这可能与他们健康的生活方式有关。我们希望确定多发性硬化症（MS）在这个宗教团体中的发病率是否较低。
为了确定这一点，我们查阅了1997年至2002年6年间Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators（DMBA）的诊断和治疗编码记录。DMBA是一家医疗保险机构，为美国LDS教会的所有员工提供医疗保险。这些信息与疾病修饰治疗的处方记录相结合，主要是β-干扰素和考帕松，这两种药物是MS特有的药物。
使用各种搜索策略，我们得出MS的患病率约为45-64/10万。
与犹他州和其他纬度相当的州的MS发病率相比，表明严格的LDS信徒的MS患病率低于预期，这可能反映了他们健康的生活方式。
