Table 1

Standardised mortality rate (SMR) and 95% CI in ankylosing spondylitis specified by time of symptom onset

Overall mortality
1.611.29–1.93
MaleFemale
Time of symptom onset
–19691.340.74 to 1.942.000.04 to 3.96
1970–91.891.15 to 2.631.33−0.52 to 3.18
1980–91.510.99 to 2.031.20−0.16 to 2.56
1990–2.180.95 to 3.410
Overall mortality, gender-specified1.631.29 to 1.971.380.48 to 2.28