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Table 4 Comparison between high ASDAS and very high ASDAS values

From: The value of chemical shift imaging and T1-Dixon MRI in evaluation of structural changes in sacroiliac joint in ankylosing spondylitis

  

High ASDAS N = 6

Very high ASDAS N = 34

P value

Effusion

Present

1 (16.6%)

1(2.9%)

0.354

 

Absent

5 (83.3%)

33 (97%)

 

Edema

Present

2 (33.3%)

17 (50%)

0.457

 

Absent

4 (66.7%)

17 (50%)

 

Sclerosis (N%)

    

 T1

Present

6 (100%)

19 (55.9%)

0.013

Absent

0

15 (44.1%)

 

 Dixon

Present

6 (100%)

19 (55.9%)

0.013

Absent

0

15 (44.1%)

 

 CT

Present

6 (100%)

19 (55.9%)

0.013

Absent

0

15 (44.1%)

 

Ankylosis (N%)

    

 T1

Present

2 (33.3%)

25 (73.5%)

0.056

Absent

4 (66.7%)

9 (26.5%)

 

 Dixon

Present

2 (33.3%)

25 (73.5%)

0.056

Absent

4 (66.7%)

9 (26.5%)

 

 CT

Present

2 (33.3%)

25 (73.5%)

0.056

Absent

4 (66.7%)

9 (26.5%)