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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Jan 3;70(2):242–254. doi: 10.1002/art.40359

Table 2.

Spondyloarthropathy Characteristics

Variables Patients with ReA
(n=32)
History of Peripheral Arthritis n (%) 32 (100 %)
History of Sero-Negative SpAs n (%) 3 (9 %)
First-Degree Relatives with SpAs n (%) 2 (6 %)
Symptoms n (%)
   Back pain 29 (91 %)
   Uveitis 20 (63 %)
SpA Medications n (%)
   NSAIDs 31 (97 %)
   Glucocorticoids 2 (6 %)
   Medicinal Herbs 10 (31 %)
Abnormal Imaging (?*)
   Ultrasound Achilles Enthesopathy 14 (44 %)
Tender Joints n (%)
   Right Sacroiliac 27 (82 %)
   Left Sacroiliac 25 (76 %)
   Right Ankle 16 (49 %)
   Left Ankle 18 (55 %)
   Right Elbow 18 (55 %)
   Left Elbow 10 (30%)
   Right Knee 7 (21%)
   Left Knee 9 (27%)
   Right Shoulder 16 (50%)
   Left Shoulder 6 (18%)
   Right Wrist 4 (12%)
   Left Wrist 3 (9%)
   Right Distal Interphalangeal 0 (0%)
   Left Distal Interphalangeal 0 (0%)
   Right Proximal Interphalangeal 2 (6%)
   Left Proximal Interphalangeal 1 (3%)
   Right Metacarpal 5 (15%)
   Left Metacarpal 2 (6%)
   Right Metatarsal 1 (3%)
Swollen Joints n (%)
   Right Ankle 3 (9 %)
   Left Ankle 4 (13 %)
   Right Elbow 2 (6 %)
   Left Elbow 3 (9%)
   Right Knee 1 (3%)
   Left Knee 1 (3%)
   Right Wrist 2 (6%)
   Left Wrist 2 (6%)
   Right Proximal Interphalangeal 1 (3%)
   Left Metacarpal 1 (3%)
Tender Entheses
   Right Achilles Tendon 22 (69 %)
   Left Achilles Tendon 22 (69 %)
   Right Medial Femoral Condyle 17 (53 %)
   Left Medial Femoral Condyle 16 (50%)
   Right Lateral Femoral Condyle 7 (22%)
   Left Lateral Femoral Condyle 7 (22%)
   Right Plantar Fascia 16 (50%)
   Left Plantar Fascia 15 (47%)
*

Most controls did not report any SpA related symptoms, medication use, joint tenderness, or enthesopathy with the exception of 6% reporting uveitis, 16% reporting herbal medication use, and 6% found to have abnormal ultrasound Achilles enthesopathy imaging.