Methodology of an International Study of People with Multiple Sclerosis Recruited through Web 2.0 Platforms: Demographics, Lifestyle, and Disease Characteristics

Table 6

Relapse rate for relapsing-remitting participants.

	Self-diagnosed relapse rate			Doctor-diagnosed relapse rate
	𝑛	Mean (95% CI)	Median (IQR)	𝑛	Mean (95% CI)	Median (IQR)
Number of relapses over last 12 months*	1475/1500	1.09 (1.01–1.17)	1 (0.0–2.0)	1456/1500	0.73 (0.67–0.78)	0 (0.0–0.1)
Number of relapses over last 5 years, annualised*	1409/1500	0.97 (0.92–1.03)	0.67 (0.4–1.2)	1399/1500	0.66 (0.62–0.70)	0.5 (0.2–1.0)

∗Participants with relapsing-remitting MS.