International Scholarly Research Notices

Clinical Study

Clinical and Ultrasound Examination of the Leeds Enthesitis Index in Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 1

“Inflammation” and “damage” scores by US at each enthesis. Scores are mean (median and IQR).
Psoriatic arthritisRheumatoid arthritis
InflammationDamageInflammationDamage
LER1.0 ( 0 , 2 ) 0.5 ( 0 , 1 ) 1.4 ( 1 , 3 ) 1.0 ( 1 , 2 ) *
LEL0.7 ( 0 , 1 . 3 ) 0.4 ( 0 , 1 ) 1.0 ( 1 , 2 ) 0.8 ( 1 , 2 ) *
MCR1.4 ( 1 , 3 ) 0.5 ( 0 , 1 ) 1.3 ( 1 , 2 ) 0.7 ( 1 , 1 )
MCL1.7 ( 2 , 3 ) 0.7 ( 1 , 1 ) 1.6 ( 2 , 3 ) 0.8 ( 1 , 0 . 7 5 )
ATR0.9 ( 0 , 2 ) 0.6 ( 0 , 1 ) 0.9 ( 0 , 2 ) 0.4 ( 0 , 1 )
ATL1.0 ( 0 , 2 ) 0.5 ( 0 , 1 ) 0.6 ( 0 , 1 ) 0.3 ( 0 , 0 . 7 5 )
*Comparison of PsA and RA denotes 𝑃 = . 0 2 using Mann-Whitney 𝑈 -test.
LER: right lateral epicondyle, LEL: left lateral epicondyle, MCR: right medial condyle, MCL: left medial condyle, ATR: right Achilles tendon insertion, and ATL: left Achilles tendon insertion.