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Table 2 Demographic characteristics in those with and without evident radiographic sacroiliitis respectively

From: The prevalence of moderate to severe radiographic sacroiliitis and the correlation with health status in elderly Swedish men – The MrOS study

 

Moderate to severe sacroiliitis (grade 3 or 4)

  

Characteristics

No (N = 991) Median (IQR)

Yes (N = 14) Median (IQR)

p value

Cases with missing information

Age (yrs.)

75.5 (72.8-78.4)

76.3 (73.4-78.0)

0.11

0

Height (cm)

174.2 (169.4-178.5)

176.9 (174.0-180.0)

0.10

0

Weight (kg)

79.5 (72.4-87.7)

80.3 (76.3-89.8)

0.99

0

BMI (kg/m 2 )

26.3 (24.2-28.6)

25.4 (23.9-28.8)

0.59

0

 

No (n, %)

Yes (n, %)

  

Ethnicity

    

- Swedish

927 (93.5)

11 (78.6)

0.06

0

- Other

64 (6.5)

3 (21.4)

  

Smoking

    

- Never

306 (30.9)

4 (28.6)

  

- Ever

683 (69.1)

10 (71.4)

1.00**

2/0

- Current

108 (15.5)

1 (10)

1.00**

292/4

  1. *IQR: Interquartile range **For ever/never smoking and current/never smoking in those with and without radiographic sacroiliitis. Cases with missing information in the two groups (with and without sacroiliitis).