Table 3.

Relation of number of recalled flares and current flare status to self-categorized disease state.

Disease Activity Category*OR (95% CI)‡P
Over the previous 6 months
RemissionNo. flares0.48 (038–0.60)< 0.001
Current flare absent†15.20 (5.58–41.37)< 0.001
LDA/PASSNo. flares0.85 (0.79–0.90)< 0.001
Current flare absent5.74 (3.51–9.37)< 0.001
Over the previous 12 months
RemissionNo. flares0.77 (0.70–0.85)< 0.001
Current flare absent†15.13 (5.68–40.34)< 0.001
LDA/PASSNo. flares0.95 (0.92–0.97)< 0.001
Current flare absent5.35 (3.33–8.60)< 0.001

  • ↵* Reference category: not in any of the 3 LDA states.

  • ↵† Reference category: current flare present.

  • ↵‡ OR are derived from a multinomial logistic regression model (separate models for 6 months and 12 months), where the dependent variable was disease activity category and the independent variables were flare count and presence/absence of current flare. LDA: low disease activity; PASS: patient acceptable symptom state.