From: The prevalence of moderate to severe radiographic sacroiliitis and the correlation with health status in elderly Swedish men – The MrOS study
Non participants (n = 1060)
Participants (n = 1005)
P value
CVD
116 (10.9%)
85 (8.5%)
0.06
Stroke
59 (5.6%)
28 (2.8%)
<0.01
Diabetes
86 (8.1%)
44 (4.4%)
<0.001
COPD
51 (4.8%)
16 (1.6%)
<0.0001
AS
1 (0.1%)
0 (0.0%)
1.00
RA
4 (0.4%)