Table 7

Radiographic comparisons of women with men from prior ankylosing spondylitis studies in the literature*

	Cervical spine	Thoracic and lumbar spine	Peripheral joints	Hip/shoulder	BASRI	Number of men	Number of women
*The results are given in terms of the involvement of the listed area in women as compared with men. See the text for further detailed descriptions of the studies.
Will et al, 1990²	Same	Less		Same		1202	498
Calin et al, 1999¹⁸	Less	Less		Same	Less	354	72
Doran et al, 2003¹⁴					Less	254	57
Tyson et al, 1953²⁰							60
Hart et al, 1959²¹	Same	Less					30
Levitin et al, 1975²³		Less					9
Resnick et al, 1976²⁴	More	Less	Same			80	18
Spencer et al, 1979²⁵		Less	More			164	36
Braunstein et al, 1982²⁶	Less	Less	Same	Same		31	32
Gran et al, 1984²⁸		Less				82	50
Kidd et al, 1988³⁰		Less				70	35
Jimenez-Balderas et al, 1993³¹		Less				41	41
Eustace et al, 1993³²	Same	Same				64	19