Research Article

Interobserver Agreement in Magnetic Resonance of the Sacroiliac Joints in Patients with Spondyloarthritis

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

ESSGASAS
ASReAuSpAaxSpApSpA
(: 20; 30.5%)(: 35; 52.5%)(: 11; 16.9%)(: 50; 76.3%)(: 55; 83.1%)

Age of onset, years (mean; SD)
Sex (%)
 Male12 (60.0)28 (80.0)5 (44.0)24 (47.6)26 (46.9)
 Female8 (40.0)7 (20.0)6 (56.0)26 (52.4)29 (53.1)
HLA-B27 (%)16 (82.3)21 (61.5)5 (48.9)38 (75.2)36 (65.3)
Symptom duration (median; interquartile range)6.2 (1.4–12.1)1.17 (0.2–4.9)3.0 (1.4–10.1)3.79 (1–11.6)3.0 (1–10.7)
ESR (mean; SD)
hsCRP (median; interquartile range)0.54 (0.2–4.1)2.48 (0.2–15.9)0.38 (0.1–0.5)0.50 (0.1–2.7)0.50 (0.2–2.4)
BASDAI (mean; SD)
BASFI (mean; SD)

ESSG: European Spondyloarthropathy Study Group; ASAS: Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society; AS: Ankylosing Spondylitis; ReA: Reactive Arthritis; uSpA: Undifferentiated Spondyloarthritis; axSpA: axial spondyloarthritis; pSpA: peripheral spondyloarthritis; SD: standard deviation; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; hsCRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein; BASDAI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; BASFI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index.