Research Article
The Prevalence of Sacroiliitis and Spondyloarthritis in Patients with Sarcoidosis
Table 1
Clinical, laboratory, and demographic characteristics of sarcoidosis patients with (
) and without (
) sacroiliitis.
| | Parameter | Patients with sacroiliitis (% of total) | Patients without sacroiliitis (% of total) | value |
| | Age, mean (year) | 55 | 43.7 |
0.046 | | Gender (female) | 6 (100%) | 26 (72.2%) | 0.308 | | Disease duration (month) | 17.8 | 41.3 | 0.800 | | Inflammatory back pain | 6 (100%) | 8 (22.2%) | 0.001 | | Enthesitis | 6 (100%) | 6 (16.7%) | 0.000 | | Erythema nodosum | 5 (83.3%) | 15 (41.7%) | 0.087 | | Uveitis | 0 (0%) | 3 (8.3%) | 1.000 | | Ankle arthritis | 6 (66.7%) | 22 (61.1%) | 1.000 | | Elevated serum ACE level | 2 (33.3%) | 13 (38.9%) | 1.000 | | Elevated serum calcium level | 2 (33.3%) | 4 (11.1%) | 0.197 | | Elevated serum D3 level | 0 (0%) | 2 (5.6%) | 1.000 | | HLAB27 positive | 0 (0%) | 2 (5.6%) | 1.000 | | Elevated ESR | 3 (50%) | 26 (72.2%) | 0.353 | | Elevated CRP | 2 (33.3%) | 28 (77.8%) | 0.046 |
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ACE: angiotensin converting enzyme; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C reactive protein.
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