Profiling and Bioinformatics Analysis of Differentially Expressed circRNAs in Spinal Ligament Tissues of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Table 1

Personal characteristics of participants in the sequencing.

Items	Control group			Experimental group
	C1	C2	C3	AS1	AS2	AS3
Age (years)	58	69	64	64	58	76
Sex	Female	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male
Clinical symptoms	Lumbar disc herniation	Lumbar disc herniation	Lumbar disc herniation	AS for 40 years, lumbar kyphosis deformity	AS for 8 years, thoracic fracture	AS for 30 years, thoracic fracture and kyphosis deformity
Procedures	Posterior lumbar decompression and fusion	Posterior lumbar decompression and fusion	Posterior lumbar decompression and fusion	Posterior lumbar decompression and fusion	Posterior thoracic decompression and fusion	Posterior thoracic decompression and fusion
HLA B27^+	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bilateral damage of the sacroiliac joint	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spinal and sacroiliac joint fusion	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs	No	No	No	No	No	No
Other type of autoimmune disease.	No	No	No	No	No	No
Complications	No	No	No	No	No	No