Characteristics of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) who have a job (without work disability) compared with those with a part time job and partial work disability and those with work disability without a job
| Work, no disability (n=338) | Work and disability (n=83) |
Work disability, no job (n=136) | |
| Male (%) | 77.2 | 78.3 | 72.1 |
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 41.5 (8.9) | 45.6 (7.3) | 48.7 (7.7) |
| Mean (SD) disease duration (years) | 11.4 (7.8) | 13.3 (8.0) | 12.4 (8.1) |
| Education ⩽12 years (%) | 71.0 | 90.4 | 90.4 |
| Manual profession (%) | 29.1 | 36.1 | 47.8 |
| Living with partner (%) | 85.2 | 83.1 | 87.5 |
| NSAID use (%) | 79.7 | 85.5 | 87.9 |
| IBD (%) | 3.8 | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| Peripheral arthritis (%) | 16.3 | 27.7 | 34.6 |
| THR (%) | 2.1 | 2.4 | 8.8 |
| Comorbidity (%) | 30.8 | 34.9 | 65.4 |
| Mean (SD) BAS-FI (0–10) | 2.4 (2.1) | 4.7 (1.9) | 6.0 (2.1) |
| Mean (SD) BAS-DAI (0–10) | 3.0 (2.1) | 4.6 (2.0) | 5.4 (2.5) |
| Mean (SD) BAS-G (0–10) | 3.2 (2.4) | 5.3 (2.1) | 6.0 (2.3) |
NSAID = non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; IBD = inflammatory bowel disease; THR = total hip replacement.