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Table 4 Imaging findings according to phenotype

From: Sacroiliac and spine imaging in spondyloarthritis: Does phenotype or sex matter?

Variable

axSpA

n = 33

axPsA

n = 23

p

Presence of erosion, n %

18 (54,5%)

13 (56,5%)

0,884

Erosion score (SSS)

5,1 (± 8,24)

1,6 (± 3,8)

0,951

Presence of BF, n %

8 (24,2%)

2 (8,7%)

0,161

BF score (SSS)

1,5 (± 3,8)

0,5 (± 1,2)

0,119

Presence of FM, n %

15 (45,4%)

9 (39,1%)

0,638

FM score (SSS)

7,2 (± 11,1)

1,5 (± 3,2)

0,449

Presence of ankylosis, n %

11 (33,3%)

7 (30,4%)

0,819

Ankylosis score (SSS)

5,7 (± 7,8)

5,4 (± 7,7)

0,718

SSS total

19,6 (± 12,0)

9,0 (± 9,7)

0,068

Presence of BME, n%

15 (45,4%)

10 (43,5%)

0,884

SPARCC

3,8 (± 7,9)

3,54 (± 5,0)

0,913

mSASSS

16,9 (± 21,4)*

5,1 (± 8,2)**

0,981

  1. *n = 43, **n = 15
  2. AxSpA axial spondyloarthritis, AxPsA axial psoriatic arthritis, BF Backfill, SSS Sacroiliac Joint Structural Score, FM Fat Metaplasia, BME Bone Marrow Edema, SPARCC Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Magnetic Resonance Imaging Index, mSASSS Modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score