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. 2019 Oct 23;5(2):e001067. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2019-001067

Table 3.

Association between sonographic detected active synovitis and enthesitis with baseline clinical data

Event Nonevent P value Event Non-event P value
Active synovitis in PsO (n=57) Active synovitis in PsOAr (n=61)
Age, mean (±SD) 58.93 (±11.14) 47.69 (±17.35) 0.019 51.05 (±10.03) 50.2 (±13.41) 0.74
Female, n (%) 5 (33.33%) 23 (54.76%) 0.23 10 (47.62%) 24 (60%) 0.42
Smoking, n (%) 3 (20%) 14 (33.3%) 0.483 0 5 (12.5%) 0.18
BMI, mean (±SD) 26.52 (±3.32) 25.05 (±4.12) 0.195 26.73 (±4.5) 25.48 (±4.96) 0.23
Alcohol, n (%) (daily intake) 0 0 0.817 0 0 0.47
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 1 (6.67%) 2 (4.76%) 1 2 (9.52%) 3 (7.5%) 1
Hypertension, n (%) 2 (13.33%) 9 (21.43%) 0.709 6 (28.57%) 13 (32.5%) 1
Metabolic syndrome, n (%) 0 (0%) 4 (9.52%) 0.564 4 (19.05%) 7 (17.5%) 1
HAQ, mean (±SD) 0.17 (±0.28) 0.21 (±0.53) 0.886 0.23 (±0.22) 0.43 (±0.45) 0.14
VAS, mean (±SD) 1.57 (±1.99) 1.96 (±2.53) 0.885 4.02 (±2.72) 3.65 (±2.15) 0.84
PASI, mean (±SD) 4.57 (±4.15) 3.53 (±2.94) 0.489 4.42 (±2.76) 4.30 (±6.80) 0.09
NAPSI, mean (±SD) 9.17 (±5.62) 9.03 (±9.43) 0.390 13.7 (±7.74) 5.07 (±6.18) 0.014

Values in bold signifies p value ≤0.05.