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. 2016 Dec 2;76(4):701–707. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209853

Table 3.

Axial inflammatory symptoms, extra-articular manifestations and family history in PsSpA (n=127), AS (n=157) and pPsA (n=118) cases

  PsSpA AS pPsA AS versus PsSpA
pPsA versus PsSpA
n (%) n (%) n (%) ORadj 95% CI p Value ORadj 95% CI p Value
Inflammatory axial symptoms
Current
 Spine or buttocks 65 (55) 133 (85) 54 (43) 2.76 1.62 to 4.71 <0.001* 0.57  0.34 to 0.96 0.03*
Ever (past/current)
 Spine or buttocks 88 (75) 156 (99) 77 (61) 28.45 3.65 to 221.74 0.001* 0.69  0.38 to 1.25 0.22*
 Cervical 71 (60) 132 (84) 54 (43) 1.82 0.94 to 3.55 0.08* 0.73  0.42 to 1.27 0.26*
 Thoracic 50 (42) 114 (73) 27 (21) 2.20 1.23 to 3.92 0.01* 0.48  0.26 to 0.88 0.02*
 Lumbar 70 (59) 149 (95) 58 (46) 6.75 2.82 to 16.16 <0.001* 0.82  0.47 to 1.43 0.48*
 Buttocks 55 (47) 132 (84) 24 (19) 3.19 1.67 to 6.07 <0.001* 0.38  0.20 to 0.71 0.003*
Extra-articular manifestations (ever)
 Dactylitis 37 (31) 8 (5) 50 (39) 0.18 0.07 to 0.42 <0.001* 1.09  0.62 to 1.93 0.76*
 Enthesitis 56 (47) 58 (37) 59 (46) 0.70 0.43 to 1.14 0.15* 0.93  0.56 to 1.55 0.79*
 Chest wall pain 52 (44) 102 (65) 34 (27) 1.21 0.70 to 2.19 0.52* 0.63  0.35 to 1.15 0.13*
 Uveitis 31 (26) 84 (54) 11 (9) 1.44 0.79 to 2.62 0.24* 0.52  0.22 to 1.22 0.13*
 Inflammatory bowel disease 13 (11) 15 (10) 2 (2) 0.85 0.36 to 1.98 0.70* 0.12  0.03 to 0.55 0.01*
Family history
 Spondyloarthritis 25 (21) 52 (33) 16 (13) 1.26 0.67 to 2.34 0.47† 0.73  0.34 to 1.53 0.40†
 Psoriasis 58 (49) 20 (13) 56 (44) 0.16 0.08 to 0.30 <0.001 0.79  0.46 to 1.36 0.40
 Uveitis 7 (6) 37 (24) 4 (3) 2.27 0.94 to 5.51 0.07† 1.84  0.42 to 7.99 0.42†
 Inflammatory bowel disease 9 (8) 17 (11) 11 (9) 1.57 0.59 to 4.17 0.37 1.10  0.42 to 2.90 0.84

*Multivariable reverse-stepwise logistic regression model (adjusted for potential covariates, including: sex, age at assessment, disease duration at assessment, HLA-B*27 status, synthetic DMARD use ever, anti-TNF use ever, smoking ever and body mass index).

†Reverse-stepwise logistic regression model adjusted for HLA-B*27 status.

Anti-TNF, antitumour necrosis factor; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; DMARD, disease modifying antirheumatic drug; n, proportion; ORadj, adjusted OR; pPsA, peripheral psoriatic arthritis; PsSpA, psoriatic spondyloarthropathy.