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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Rheum Dis. 2021 Feb 2;24(4):582–590. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.14081

Table 4:

Frequency of 5 MRI lesion types based on affected sacroiliac joint quadrants

SIJ quadrants affected BME Erosion Fat metaplasia Backfill Ankylosis
Mean ± SD 0.86 ±1.45 0.05 ±0.15 0.98 ±3.55 0.04±0.23 1.02 ±3.45
Median (IQR) 0 (0–1.3) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0)
n (%) with ≥ 1 quadrants 10 (30) 1 (3) 2 (6) 1 (3) 2 (6)
n (%) with ≥ 2 quadrants 7 (21) 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (6)
n (%) with ≥ 3 quadrants 5 (15) 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (6)
n (%) with ≥ 4 quadrants 2 (6) 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (6)
n (%) with ≥ 5 quadrants 2 (6) 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (6)
n (%) with ≥ 6 quadrants 1 (3) 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (6)
n (%) with ≥ 7 quadrants 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (6)

Mean (SD) and median (IQR) of SIJ quadrants: pooled over 3 readers. n (%) with ≥1 to ≥7 SIJ quadrants: number of subjects (percentage) having ≥1 to ≥7 SIJ quadrants affected by a given lesion type as concordantly reported by ≥2/3 readers.

BME=Bone marrow edema