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. 2015 Jul 26;2015:594878. doi: 10.1155/2015/594878

Table 2.

Comparison of clinical features, Bath AS indices, and inflammatory markers in JAS patients with B27-negative and different B27 subtypes.

HLA-B27
subtype
Age (y) Onset age (y) Disease duration (y) BASDAI
(score)
BASFI
(score)
ESR
(mm/h)
CRP
(mg/L)
HLA-B27-negative 18.09 ± 3.65
(n = 11)
14.09 ± 2.11
(n = 11)
4.01 ± 4.39
(n = 11)
2.05 ± 1.42
(n = 11)
1.55 (1.21, 3.43 )
(n = 8)
7.00 (4.00, 9.40)
(n = 11)
1.10 (0.60, 5.00)
(n = 7)
HLA-B*2704 21.79 ± 8.02
(n = 120)
13.54 ± 2.31
(n = 120)
8.25 ± 8.06
(n = 120)
4.22 ± 1.95 *
(n = 112)
3.00 (1.90, 5.20)
(n = 112)
32.00 (14.00, 48.75) *
(n = 120)
18.55 (5.9, 49.78) *
(n = 120)
HLA-B*2705 18.36 ± 3.96
(n = 11)
13.55 ± 1.77
(n = 11)
4.82 ± 4.46
(n = 11)
3.61 ± 1.26
(n = 9)
1.6 (1.00, 4.20)
(n = 9)
14.0 (7.00, 48.00) *
(n = 11)
5.80 (1.45, 34.30)
(n = 11)
HLA-B*2715 24.33 ± 6.43
(n = 3)
9.00 ± 4.00 ∗#a
(n = 3)
15.33 ± 4.16 ∗a
(n = 3)
3.28 ± 2.79 
(n = 2)
1.125 (1.00, 1.25)  
(n = 2)
65.00 (4.00, 135.00) *
(n = 3)
15.53 (1.50, 113.45)  
(n = 3)

Note: (1) data in the table was mean ± standard deviation or median (upper quartile, lower quartile); (2) * comparison between groups of different B27 subtypes and group of B27-negative, P < 0.05; (3) # comparison between HLA-B2715 and HLA-B2704 group, P < 0.05; (4) a comparison between HLA-B2715 and HLA-B2705 group, P < 0.05.