Table 1.

Comparison between patients and controls (clinical data)

	Patients SpA	Controls	P value
Age (years), median (IQR)	36 (28–46)	32 (26–43)	0.267
Gender (M%)	70.2%	70.2%	0.589
Weight (kg), median (IQR)	69 (56–80)	80 (65–83)	0.021*
Height (m), median (IQR)	1.70 (1.63–1.75)	1.72 (1.67–1.8)	0.054
BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)	24.49 (20.72–26.87)	24.91 (22.99–27.17)	0.238
Waist circumference (cm), median (IQR)	88 (82–97)	79(72–88)	<0.0001*
Hip circumference (cm), median (IQR)	100 (91–109)	99 (87–107)	0.396
SBP (mm Hg)	121 (110–130)	126 (98–132)	0.289
DBP (mm Hg)	71 (67–78)	68 (61–76)	0.323

* p<0.05

BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SpA, spondyloarthritis.