Table 3.

Evaluation of the relationship between clinical parameters and CSI-A score in axSpA patients

Variable	CSI-A
	r	p-value
Age (yr)†	0.083	0.374
Disease duration (yr)	0.021	0.820
First symptom duration (yr)	0.050	0.592
Age of Inflammatory back pain onset†	–0.014	0.885
VAS-pain score	0.582	<0.001*
Patient Global Assessment score	0.608	<0.001*
Physician Global Assessment score	0.596	<0.001*
BASDAI score	0.720	<0.001*
BASFI score	0.593	<0.001*
BASMI score	0.072	0.440
ASQoL score	0.728	<0.001*
ESR (mm/h)	0.074	0.432
CRP (mg/L)	0.026	0.781
ASDAS-CRP score†	0.519	<0.001*
MASES score	0.434	<0.001*

axSpA: axial spondyloarthritis, CSI-A: Central Sensitization Inventory A, VAS: visual analogue scale, BASDAI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease activity Index, BASFI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, BASMI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index, ASQoL: Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP: C-reactive protein, ASDASCRP: Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score-C-reactive protein, MASES: Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score. *Statistically significant (p<0.05). †Pearson’s correlation analysis, and unmarked indicates Spearman’s correlation analysis.