Table 1

Demographic data and results of the ultrasound score

	Controls	Spondyloarthritis patients
Subjects	57	113
Female/male	29/28	58/55
Age, years (mean±SD)	36.17±9.8	32.69±7.52
Age range, years	20–66	18–44
MASEI score (mean±SD)	12.26±6.85	23.36±11.40^*
Male	14.20±7.61^**	28.67±11.24^*
Female	9.61±4.47^**	18.32±9.09^*
Ossification	7.29±2.86	9.73±4.79^*
Structure	2.71±1.96	3.02±2.13
Thickness	0.94±1.03	0.79±1.28
Erosion	0.53±1.18	3.08±3.83^*
Bursa	0.71±1.21	1.35±1.39
Doppler	0.18±0.72	5.38±6.17^*

↵* p<0.01 between cases and controls and between spondyloarthritis men and women,
↵** p<0.5 between control men and women.
MASEI, Madrid Sonography Enthesitis Index.