“…In a retrospective cohort study of 496 patients newly diagnosed with MS, the incidence rate per 100,000 person-years was higher in African Americans (10.2) than in Caucasian Americans (6.9), Hispanic Americans (2.9), or Asian Americans (1.4). 7 Furthermore, African Americans had a 47% increased risk of MS, while Hispanic Americans had a 50% lower risk and Asian Americans had an 80% lower risk of MS compared with Caucasian Americans. 7 Likewise, a contemporary study of 2,691 Gulf War-era military veterans with MS found that the incidence rate per 100,000 was higher in African Americans (12.1) than in Caucasian Americans (9.3), Hispanic Americans (8.2), Asian Americans (3.3), or Native Americans (3.1).…”