Participation in recreational activities -- including golfing, gardening or yard work, woodworking and hunting -- may be associated with an increase in a person's risk for developing ALS. Researchers found that golf was associated with three times greater risk for developing ALS among men.
Recreational activities such as golfing, gardening may be associated with increased ALS risk among menParticipation in recreational activities -- including golfing, gardening or yard work, woodworking and hunting -- may be associated with an increase in a person's risk for developing ALS. Researchers found that golf was associated with three times greater risk for developing ALS among men.
Investigators surveyed 400 people living with ALS and nearly 300 without the condition to assess their hobbies and non-work related activities. The findings join the growing body of evidence suggesting that environmental exposures affect a person's risk for getting and dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Researchers call this lifetime accumulation of exposures the ALS exposome.
"Our goal is to understand what occupations and hobbies increase ALS risk because identifying these activities provides the first step towards ALS prevention," said senior author Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., director of the ALS Center of Excellence at U-M and James W. Albers Distinguished University Professor at U-M.
Both Goutman and Feldman say it is too early for clinicians to advise that patients stop doing any of these activities.Stephen A. Goutman, Jonathan Boss, Dae Gyu Jang, Caroline Piecuch, Hasan Farid, Madeleine Batra, Bhramar Mukherjee, Eva L. Feldman, Stuart A. Batterman.Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan."Recreational activities such as golfing, gardening may be associated with increased ALS risk among men." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 13 March 2024. <www.sciencedaily.
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