Table 4.
Frequency of involvement of MASEI score components in HD patients (n = 41) and healthy subjects (n = 23)
| MASEI score components | HD patients (n = 41) Entheses =492 n (%) |
Healthy controls (n = 23) Entheses =276 n (%) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuctural tendon abnormalities | 158 (32.1) | 34 (12.3) | 0. 000* |
| Enthesis thickening | 272 (55.3) | 55 (19.9) | 0. 000* |
| Bursitis | 14 (2.8) | 5 (1.8) | 0.364 |
| Bone erosions | 66 (13.4) | 8 (2.9) | 0.000* |
| Calcification | 69 (14) | 18 (6.5) | .002* |
| Power Doppler signal | 4 (0.8) | 0 | 0.303 |
| Presence of one sign of enthesopathy | 339 (68.9) | 85 (30.8) | 0.000* |