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Table 2 Baseline characteristics between Normal uric acid group and hyperiuricemia

From: The serum uric acid is longitudinally related to patients global assessment of disease activity in male patients with axial spondyloarthritis

Independent variable

Normal uric acid group

hyperuricemia group

P

Number

68

34

-

Age

36.6±9.02

33.44±7.67

0.078

rum uric acid,mg/dl

5.79±0.97

8.27±0.97

-

HLA–B27 positive, no. (%)

63 (92.65)

32 (94.12)

0.782

Symptom duration, years

11.42±8.89

10.91±6.54

0.757

History of uveitis, no. (%)

8 (11.76)

3 (8.82)

0.652

History of psoriasis, no. (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

History of IBD, no. (%)

2 (1.96)

0 (0)

-

History of peripheral arthritis, no. (%)

11 (16.17)

5 (14.71)

0.8

csDMARDs use, no. (%)

41 (64.06)

19 (55.89)

0.67

NSAID use, no. (%)

38 (59.375)

21 (61.18)

0.57

TNFi use, no. (%)

15 (22.06)

8 (23.53)

 

outcome

 PtGA,0–100

20.02±20

13.52±15.58

0.075

 Spinal pain ,0–100

16.69±16.1

11.91±13.18

0.114

 Spinal pain in ninght,0–100

14.82±16.85

10.38±14.54

0.173

 BASDAI,0–10

1.58±1.42

1.07±0.92

0.031

 BASFI,0–10

0.63±0.9

0.55±1.08

0.692

 ASDAS-CRP

1.38±0.79

1.17±0.65

0.164

 SF-36:PF (Physical Functioning)

87.27±14.62

88.38±14.34

0.523

 SF-36:RP (Role-Physical)

74.26±38.86

63.23±43.62

0.206

 SF-36:BP (Bodily Pain)

72.63±14.11

74.17±12.87

0.421

 SF-36:GH (General Health)

58.3±19.44

56.32±18.17

0.527

 SF-36:VT (Vitality)

67.13±12.67

60.14±15.19

0.019

 SF-36:SF (Social Functioning)

89.33±18.35

90.44±18.47

0.74

 SF-36:RE (Role-Emotional)

73.52±38

72.54±38.89

0.891

 SF-36:MH (Mental Health)

50.35±13.99

50.47±14.43

0.853

 CRP (mg/liter)

5.26±7.24

4.54±5.13

0.763

 ESR (mm/h)

9.71±10.75

11.08±9.62

0.16

  1. Except where indicated otherwise, values are the mean ± SD
  2. PtGA Patient global assessment of disease activity, ASDAS-CRP Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score using the C-reactive protein level, BASDAI Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, BASFI Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, IBD Inflammatory bowel disease, NSAID Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug, TNFi Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor