Evaluation of active inflammation, chronic structural damage, and response to treatment of sacroiliitis in axial spondyloarthritis using the Spondyloarthritis research consortium of Canada scoring system

Table 3 Associations between changes in inflammatory and structural damage

	SPARCC- BME	SSS-Fat metaplasia	SSS-Erosion	SSS-Backfill
CRP
r	−0.068	0.074	0.009	0.050
P	0.612	0.582	0.949	0.708
SPARCC-BME
r	–	−0.634	0.080	− 0.307
P		< 0.001	0.550	0.019
SSS-Fat metaplasia
r	–	–	−0.129	0.277
P			0.335	0.035
SSS-Erosion
r	–	–	–	−0.443
P				< 0.001

Correlations were determined using Spearman correlation analysis. CRP C-reactive protein, SPARCC Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada, BME Bone marrow edema, SSS SPARCC Sacroiliac Joint Structural Scores

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