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Age- and sex- adjusted (to US white 2000 population) incidence rates of ankylosing spondylitis in 1980-2009 using New York criteria according to calendar year. Points plotted represent 3 year moving averages. The solid line represents the non-linear trend, which was estimated using smoothing splines.
