Accepted for Publication: October 5, 2021.
Published: December 1, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36697
Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2021 McKay KA et al. JAMA Network Open.
Corresponding Author: Thomas Frisell, PhD, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, T2, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden (thomas.frisell@ki.se).
Author Contributions: Dr McKay had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: McKay, Piehl, Langer-Gould, Frisell.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.
Drafting of the manuscript: McKay, Piehl.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Piehl, Englund, He, Langer-Gould, Hillert, Frisell.
Statistical analysis: McKay, Langer-Gould, Frisell.
Obtained funding: Piehl, Langer-Gould, Hillert.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Piehl, He, Frisell.
Supervision: Piehl, Hillert.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr McKay reported receiving research funding from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare. Dr Piehl reported receiving grants from Swedish Medical Research Council, County of Stockholm, Merck KGaA, UCB, and Sanofi-Genzyme as well as personal fees from Parexel and Roche outside the submitted work. Dr Hillert reported receiving grants from Biogen, Celgene, Merck KGaA, Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Roche, and Sanofi-Genzyme; personal fees from Biogen, Celgene, Sanofi-Genzyme, Merck KGaA, Novartis, Teva, Janssen, and Sandoz; and research funding from Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Brain Foundation outside the submitted work. Dr Frisell reported receiving research funding from the Swedish Research Council and NEURO Sweden. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI/MS-1511-33196).
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
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