Table 1.

Longitudinal analysis assessing the relationship between DA parameters and inflammation on MRI-SI (SPARCC) stratified for gender

	Males			Females

	Beta	95% CI	QIC	Beta	95% CI	QIC

ASDAS	2.408	1.127 to 3.690	18,228	0.301	−0.530 to 1.133	3,700
BASDAI (0–10)	0.309	−0.330 to 0.947	20,558	−0.165	−0.473 to 0.143	3,588
Night pain (0–10)	0.497	0.040 to 0.954	20,525	0.014	−0.146 to 0.175	3,689
Patient's global assessment of disease activity (0–10)	0.451	0.062 to 0.841	20,060	−0.028	−0.189 to 0.132	3,676
ESR (mm/h)	0.181	0.009 to 0.354	13,571	0.066	−0.007 to 0.139	2,279
CRP (mg/L)	0.149	0.028 to 0.270	18,128	0.047	−0.059 to 0.154	3,685