Skip to main content

Table 4 Frequency of involvement of MASEI score components in HD patients (n = 41) and healthy subjects (n = 23)

From: Ultrasonographic assessment of entheseal sites of upper and lower extremities in hemodialysis patients using Madrid Sonography Enthesitis Index

MASEI score components

HD patients

(n = 41)

Entheses =492

n (%)

Healthy controls (n = 23)

Entheses =276

n (%)

P

Stuctural tendon abnormalities

158 (32.1)

34 (12.3)

0. 000*

Enthesis thickening

272 (55.3)

55 (19.9)

0. 000*

Bursitis

14 (2.8)

5 (1.8)

0.364

Bone erosions

66 (13.4)

8 (2.9)

0.000*

Calcification

69 (14)

18 (6.5)

.002*

Power Doppler signal

4 (0.8)

0

0.303

Presence of one sign of enthesopathy

339 (68.9)

85 (30.8)

0.000*