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27 June 2021: Clinical Research

Analysis of Bone Strength and Bone Turnover Markers in Ankylosing Spondylitis with Radiological Hip Involvement

Wei Liu 1ABCDEFG , Hui Song 1ACDEFG* , Siliang Man 1BCD , Hongchao Li 1BDE , Liang Zhang 2BD

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.932992

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e932992

Table 1 Information for AS with and without radiographic hip involvement.

RHI-AS (n=177)WORHI-AS (n=162)P
Male, n (%)154 (87.0)129 (76.9)0.068
Age (years), median (Q1, Q3)27 (23, 37)37 (28, 48)
Course of disease (years), median (Q1, Q3)9 (5, 14)9 (4, 16)0.785
BMI (kg/m), mean±SD21.0 (18.7, 24.5)23.5 (21.2, 26.8)
Family history, n (%)21 (11.9)31 (19.1)0.063
Smoking history, n (%)97 (54.8)72 (44.4)0.057
HLA-B27 (positive), n (%)167 (94.4)147 (90.7)0.204
CRP (mg/dl), median (Q1, Q3)26 (12.1, 54.3)20.6 (9.8, 57.8)0.284
BASDAI, median (Q1, Q3)3.8 (2.4, 5.3)3.8 (2.2, 5.2)0.893
mSASSS, median (Q1, Q3)25 (14.5, 35)23 (14.8, 33.5)0.821
RHI-AS – ankylosing spondylitis with radiographic hip involvement; WORHI-AS – ankylosing spondylitis without radiographic hip involvement.

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