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. 2011 May 4;2011:731917. doi: 10.5402/2011/731917

Table 2.

“Inflammation” and “damage” US scores for each enthesis according to the presence or absence of juxta-articular joint tenderness. Scores are the mean (median, IQR).

Inflammation index at associated enthesis Damage index at associated enthesis
Tender Nontender Tender Nontender
EJR 1.9 (2,2.8) 0.8 (0,2.0)* 0.9 (1,2.0) 0.5 (0,1.0)*
EJL 1.0 (1,2.0) 0.7 (0,1.3) 0.7 (1,1.0) 0.5 (0,1.0)
KJR 2.3 (3,2.5) 1.3 (1,2.0)* 0.8 (1,0.8) 0.5 (1,1.0)
KJL 1.5 (2,3.0) 1.7 (2,3.0) 0.7 (1,1.0) 0.8 (1,0.3)
AJR 1.0 (1,2.0) 0.8 (0,2.0) 0.4 (0,0.8) 0.5 (0,1.0)
AJL 1.0 (0,2.0) 0.8 (0,1.5) 0.5 (0,1.5) 0.4 (0,1.0)

*Comparison of tender versus nontender: denotes P < .05 using Mann-Whitney U-test.

EJR: right elbow joint, EJL: left elbow joint, KJR: right knee joint, KJL: left knee joint, AJR: right ankle joint, AJL: left ankle joint.