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We investigated whether birth by CS was associated with the risk of adult-onset MS.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conducted a prospective population-based cohort study, including all individuals born in Norway between 1967 and 2003, using the Medical Birth Registry of Norway linked with the Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Registry and Biobank. The follow-up was until 2021. We used multivariable Cox models to estimate HRs for MS risk with 95% CIs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among 2\u2009046\u2009637 individuals in the cohort, 4954\u2009MS cases were identified. Being born by CS was associated with a modest increase in MS risk (HR=1.18, 95%\u2009CI 1.05 to 1.32). In the sibling-matched analysis, we found no association between CS and MS risk. We found an interaction between CS and gestational age (p=0.03): CS was associated with an increased risk of MS in individuals born preterm (HR=1.62, 95%\u2009CI 1.18 to 2.24), whereas there was no association in individuals born at term (HR=1.13, 95%\u2009CI 0.99 to 1.27). In a subgroup analysis of individuals born in 1988 and onwards, emergency CS was related to an elevated MS risk (HR=1.40, 95%\u2009CI 1.07 to 1.83), whereas planned CS was not (HR: 1.10, 95%\u2009CI 0.77 to 1.58).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>CS was associated with a modestly higher risk of developing MS. 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