Age (years) | 47.1 (12.8) | 46.9 (13.5) | 0.76 | 49.0 (7.1) | 54 | 44 |
Disease duration (years) | 26.2 (13.3) | 26.1 (14.2) | 0.86 | 27.0 (4.2) | 30 | 24 |
BASDAI | 4.9 (1.8) | 4.8 (1.9) | 0.59 | 5.5 (1.3) | 4.6 | 6.4 |
Fatigue component of BASDAI | 6.0 (2.5) | 5.8 (2.5) |
0.04
| 8.0 (0.7) | 8.5 | 7.5 |
HAD | 5.3 (3.0) | 4.9 (2.9) | 0.35 | 8.0 (2.8) | 6 | 10 |
ESS | 9.7 (5.5) | 8.6 (5.1) |
<0.01
| 16.5 (0.7) | 17 | 22 |
Alcohol (units/week) | 6.7 (8.9) | 7.5 (9.1) |
0.01
| 0.0 (0.0) | 0 | 0 |
Smoking (cigarettes/day) | 6.7 (8.7) | 6.2 (8.4) | 0.77 | 10.0 (14.1) | 0 | 20 |
Body mass index | 26.4 (5.0) | 25.6 (4.6) | 0.13 | 32.7 (3.1) | 30.5 | 34.9 |
Neck circumference (cm) | 39.4 (8.7) | 39.2 (9.2) |
0.02
| 41.0 (4.2) | 38 | 44 |
Occiput wall (cm) | 5.9 (5.0) | 5.5 (4.4) | 0.71 | 9.0 (9.9) | 2 | 16 |
Schobers (cm) | 4.8 (4.0) | 5.1 (4.2) | 0.23 | 3.0 (1.4) | 4 | 2 |
Chest expansion (cm) | 2.9 (1.8) | 3.1 (1.8) | 0.09 | 1.5 (0.7) | 2 | 1 |