Characterization of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis by Enthesitis Presence: Data from the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To compare the characteristics of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) who had enthesitis versus those without enthesitis. METHODS:This study included adult patients with axSpA enrolled in the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry (March 2013 to August 2018). Enthesitis was assessed at enrollment via the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Enthesitis Index. Characteristics were compared between patients with and without enthesitis using t tests or Wilcoxon rank-sum tests for continuous variables and χ2 or Fisher exact tests for categorical variables. RESULTS:Of 477 patients with axSpA, 121 (25.4%) had enthesitis (mean, 3.9 sites) at enrollment. Higher proportions of patients with enthesitis were female and had nonradiographic axSpA than those

SUBMITTER: Mease PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7368134 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature