Table 3

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

EventNoneventP valueEventNon-eventP value
Active synovitis in PsO (n=57)Active synovitis in PsOAr (n=61)
Age, mean (±SD)58.93 (±11.14)47.69 (±17.35)0.01951.05 (±10.03)50.2 (±13.41)0.74
Female, n (%)5 (33.33%)23 (54.76%)0.2310 (47.62%)24 (60%)0.42
Smoking, n (%)3 (20%)14 (33.3%)0.48305 (12.5%)0.18
BMI, mean (±SD)26.52 (±3.32)25.05 (±4.12)0.19526.73 (±4.5)25.48 (±4.96)0.23
Alcohol, n (%) (daily intake)000.817000.47
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)1 (6.67%)2 (4.76%)12 (9.52%)3 (7.5%)1
Hypertension, n (%)2 (13.33%)9 (21.43%)0.7096 (28.57%)13 (32.5%)1
Metabolic syndrome, n (%)0 (0%)4 (9.52%)0.5644 (19.05%)7 (17.5%)1
HAQ, mean (±SD)0.17 (±0.28)0.21 (±0.53)0.8860.23 (±0.22)0.43 (±0.45)0.14
VAS, mean (±SD)1.57 (±1.99)1.96 (±2.53)0.8854.02 (±2.72)3.65 (±2.15)0.84
PASI, mean (±SD)4.57 (±4.15)3.53 (±2.94)0.4894.42 (±2.76)4.30 (±6.80)0.09
NAPSI, mean (±SD)9.17 (±5.62)9.03 (±9.43)0.39013.7 (±7.74)5.07 (±6.18)0.014
  • Values in bold signifies p value ≤0.05.