Table 2 Clinical characteristics of women and men with AS (n = 570) and USpA (n = 370)
AS | USpA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Women | Men | p-value | Women | Men | p-value |
n = 196 | n = 374 | n = 216 | n = 154 | |||
Age, years | 52.2 (14.2) | 55.2 (13.6) | 0.016 | 49.1 (13.8) | 49.0 (13.4) | 0.924 |
Disease duration, years | 16.7 (12.4) | 22.0 (13.7) | ≤0.001 | 9.7 (8.9) | 11.1 (10.3) | 0.207 |
Pain intensity (0–10) | 4.2 (2.6) | 3.4 (2.4) | 0.001 | 4.2 (2.5) | 3.6 (2.4) | 0.022 |
Fatigue (0–10) | 5.0 (2.9) | 4.1 (2.6) | ≤0.001 | 5.0 (2.9) | 4.2 (2.6) | 0.010 |
Pain regions | 5.2 (4.7) | 4.2 (4.6) | 0.022 | 6.2 (4.9) | 4.0 (4.5) | ≤0.001 |
Smoking ever, % | 48.0 | 56.7 | 0.054 | 38.4 | 39.0 | 0.878 |
BMI | 25.0 (4.4) | 26.4 (3.7) | ≤0.001 | 25.4 (4.7) | 25.9 (3.7) | 0.272 |
BASDAI (0–10) | 4.2 (2.3) | 3.7 (2.2) | 0.033 | 4.6 (2.1) | 3.8 (2.2) | 0.001 |