Table 2

 Inter- and intrarater variance of all three scoring systems (ASspiMRI-c, Berlin x ray score, and SASSS) used to evaluate chronic spinal changes in AS

Interrater VarianceIntrarater VarianceVariance between patients
*All three segments.
CS, cervical spine; TS, thoracic spine; LS, lumbar spine.
ASspiMRI-c
CS8.494.3447.80
TS27.5011.296.12
LS5.492.9919.79
Spine*70.5436.74341.94
Berlin score
CS6.413.1275.12
TS17.195.7872.95
LS1.721.4945.47
Spine*22.5917.61541.70
SASSS
CS5.673.0974.34
TS23.9310.77104.18
LS2.847.1669.08
Spine*75.3434.2702.77