Table 1.

Results are presented in mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables

Both,OnlyOnly undifferentiatedp value*
nr-axSpA & undifferentiated SpAnr-axSpASpA
N (%) = 94N (%) = 88N (%) = 72
Age (years)30.9±7.332.2±6.935.2±6.9 <0.01
Male61 (64.9)50 (56.8)34 (47.2)0.2
Family history48 (51.1)21 (23.9)30 (41.7) <0.05
HLA-B2781 (86.2)65 (73.9)6 (8.3) <0.001
Enthesitis29 (30.9)18 (20.5)22 (30.6)0.1
BASDAI3.7±2.33.8±2.14.7±2.3 <0.01
BASFI2.2±2.22.1±2.12.9±2.5 <0.05
ASQoL5.9±4.75.2±4.57.4±5.2 0.01
CRP (mg/L)10.7±14.39.8±16.55.1±9.1 <0.05
  • *p value for differences between nr-axSpA and undifferentiated SpA (Student-t test for continuous variables and Pearson Chi-square test for categorical variables).