Increased frequency of restless legs syndrome in a French-Canadian population with multiple sclerosis

Neurology. 2005 Nov 22;65(10):1652-3. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000184519.47689.c4.

Abstract

The authors evaluated the co-occurrence of multiple sclerosis (MS) and restless legs syndrome (RLS) using an RLS questionnaire. They evaluated 200 patients with MS, 100 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and 100 controls, all French-Canadians. They found that 37.5% of MS patients, 31% of RA patients, and 16% of controls fulfilled the criteria for RLS. MS can cause RLS, or MS and RLS may have common susceptibility factors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Age of Onset
  • Aged
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / epidemiology
  • Basal Ganglia / pathology
  • Basal Ganglia / physiopathology
  • Body Weight / physiology
  • Causality
  • Comorbidity
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • France / ethnology
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / ethnology
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Sclerosis / epidemiology*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / ethnology
  • Multiple Sclerosis / genetics
  • Prevalence
  • Quebec / epidemiology
  • Restless Legs Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Restless Legs Syndrome / ethnology
  • Restless Legs Syndrome / genetics
  • Sex Distribution