Survey population | No. cases | Diagnostic criteria | Incidence | Stratified | F/M | Diagnostic delay | Mid time point | Latitude | ||
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Incidence period | Crude | F/M M-H | ratio | Months | Year | Degrees N | ||||
Person/years | Adjusted | Mean/median DD | (1987-2000) | |||||||
Reference | Women | Men | Both | |||||||
Lorraine | 1658 | Poser D,Pr, (NSO) | 7.68 | 3.26 | 5.51 | 2.50 | 2.45 | - | 1996 | 49 |
1990-2002 | 7.76 | 3.16 | 5.43 | (2.24-2.77) | ||||||
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Debouverie 2007 [31] | ||||||||||
Reggio Emilia & Modena | 105 | Mc Alpine D,Pr (NSO) | 2.37 | 0.99 | 1.70 | 2.58 | 2.55 | - | 1987.5 | 44.28 |
1985-1990 | 2.45 | 0.95 | 1.69 | (1.68-3.97) | ||||||
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Guidetti 1995 [36] | ||||||||||
United Kingdom | 642 | Poser D,Pr or MacDonald D,Pr (NSO) | 7.42 | 3.44 | 5.47 | 2.26 | 2.24 | - | 1996.5 | 53.51 |
1993-2000 | 7.45 | 3.30 | 5.36 | (1.91-2.67) | ||||||
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Alonso 2007 [48] | ||||||||||
Catania | 155 | Poser CDPr,LSDPr | 5.87 | 3.65 | 4.81 | 1.68 | 1.77 | 21 m | 1994.5 | 37.3 |
1990-1999 | 6.02 | 3.58 | 4.84 | (1.21-2.33) | ||||||
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Nicoletti 2005 [32] | ||||||||||
Faroe Islands | 43 | Poser CD, LSD, or McDonald for one attack (separate criteria for PPMS forms) | 5.51 | 5.21 | 4.32 | 1.82 | 1.59 | - | 1996.5 | 62.01 |
1986-2007 | 5.90 | 5.23 | 4.48 | (0.99-3.35) | ||||||
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Joensen 2010 [40] | ||||||||||
Västerbotten | 133 | Poser CDPr, LSDPr | 6.73 | 3.69 | 5.21 | 1.94 | 1.83 | - | 1992.5 | 65.02 |
1988-1997 | 7.23 | 3.72 | 5.43 | (1.36-2.77) | ||||||
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Sundström 2003 [37] | ||||||||||
Ferrara | 200 | Poser D,Pr (NSO) | 5.39 | 2.25 | 3.83 | 2.66 | 2.62 | 15.4 m (in 1990) | 1996.5 | 44.5 |
1990-2003 | 5.77 | 2.18 | 3.96 | (1.94-3.63) | 6.1 m (in 2003) | |||||
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Granieri 2007 [34] | ||||||||||
San Marino | 33 | Poser D,Pr (NSO) | 11.69 | 3.96 | 7.93 | 2.95 | 3.13 | 18.3 m (in 1990) | 1997.5 | 43.56 |
1990-2005 | 10.46 | 3.80 | 7.25 | (1.32-6.56) | 1 m (in 2005) | |||||
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Granieri 2008 [35] | ||||||||||
Catania | 108 | Poser CDPr,LSDPr | 8.43 | 5.28 | 6.94 | 1.69 | 1.77 | 17 m | 2002 | 37.3 |
2000-2004 | 8.72 | 5.24 | 6.96 | (1.14-2.49) | ||||||
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Nicoletti 2011 [10] | ||||||||||
French West Indies | 130 | 2005 revised McDonald (NSO) | 1.75 | 0.46 | 1.14 | 3.79 | 4.20 | - | 2000 | 15.2 |
1992-2007 | 1.71 | 0.44 | 1.12 | (2.45-5.87) | ||||||
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Cabre 2009 [8] | ||||||||||
Beta for F/M M-H in ordinates linear regression | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
All data sets | 0.022 | -0.029 | ||||||||
(-0.006, 0.05) | (-0.035, -0.022) | |||||||||
(French West Indies excluded) | -0.026 | -0.006 | ||||||||
(-0.047, -0.006) | (-0.014, 0.002) |