Table 2.

Absence days (AD) and WAI-scores for the patients in the working age

	People with >0 absence days, n=58 (63%)	Due to	All patients in the working age (n=92)	Patients without disability pension (n=78)
Absence days during the last year, median (IQR)	24 (6.5–127.7)	AS alone	0 (0–37.8)	0 (0–12.3)
		Other health problems	0 (0–2)	0 (0–2)
		AS and other health problems	4.5 (0–61.1)	2.5 (0–19)
WAI, mean (SD)	–	–	34.18 (9.77)	35.93 (9.29)

Absence days measured by the QW.

AS, ankylosing spondylitis; WAI, work ability index.