Improved Performance of Compartments in Detecting the Activity of Axial Spondyloarthritis Based on IVIM DWI with Optimized Threshold Value

Table 2

Summary of axSpA patients’ characteristics.

Parameter	Active group	Inactive group	value
Age (y)			0.31
Gender (male/female)	31/9	106/38	0.62
Disease duration (m)			0.37
ESR (mm/h)			<0.001
CRP (mg/dL)			0.01
BASDAI score			0.08

Except where indicated, data are the . AxSpA: axial spondyloarthritis; BME: bone marrow edema; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; BASDAI: bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index. Data are numbers of participants.