• Level of education and multiple sclerosis risk over a 50-year period: Registry-based sibling study 

      Bjørnevik, Kjetil; Riise, Trond; Benjaminsen, Espen; Celius, Elisabeth Gulowsen; Dahl, Ole-Petter; Kampman, Margitta Theodora; Løken-Amsrud, Kristin Ingeleiv; Midgard, Rune; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Torkildsen, Øivind; Vatne, Anita; Grytten, Nina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Background: The conflicting results from studies on socioeconomic status (SES) and multiple sclerosis (MS) risk might be due to a change in the distribution of environmental exposures over time or to methodological ...
    • Low vitamin D, but not tobacco use or high BMI, is associated with long-term disability progression in multiple sclerosis 

      Wesnes, Kristin; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Riise, Trond; Kvistad, Silje Agnethe Stokke; Torkildsen, Øivind; Wergeland, Stig; Holmøy, Trygve; Midgard, Rune; Bru, Alla Nikolajevna S; Edland, Astrid; Eikeland, Randi; Gosal, Sonia; Harbo, Hanne Flinstad; Kleveland, Grethe; Sørenes, Yvonne S.; Øksendal, Nina; Bjørnevik, Kjetil Lauvland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Low vitamin D levels, tobacco use and high body mass index (BMI) have been linked to adverse disease outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS), but their influence on long-term disability progression remains unclear. ...