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Table 4 Descriptive data for articles on MRI and SpA fulfilling the inclusion criteria

From: A systematic critical review on MRI in spondyloarthritis

 

Study type

Total number

Number of AS patients (DD)

Number of SpA patients (DD)

Number of IBP patients (DD)

Number of NILBP patients (DD)

Number of no LBP patients

Sacroiliac joint

       

Bollow et al. (1995) [10]

Prospective case-control

125

36 (3.1 years)

36 (5.9 years)

 

53 (5.7 years)

 

Klauser et al. (2004) [11]

Prospective case-control

133

  

103 (NR)

 

30

Brandt et al. (2007) [12]

Prospective cohort

158

32 (NR)

58 (NR)

 

68 (NR)

 

Weber et al. (2010) [13]

Prospective case-control

187

75 (6.1 years)

 

27 (29 mo)

26 (NR)

59

Wick et al. (2010) [14]

Retrospective cohort

156

27 (NR)

101 (NR)

 

28 (NR)

 

Spine

       

Kim et al. (2008) [15]

Retrospective case control

104

52 (NR)

  

52 (NR)

 

Weber et al. (2009) [16]

Prospective case-control

85

35 (8 years)

 

25 (10 mo)

 

35

Bennett et al. (2009) [17]

Retrospective cohort

185

 

64 (8.5 years)

 

110 (NR)

11

Bennett et al. (2009) [18]

Retrospective cohort

185

 

64 (8.5 years)

 

110 (NR)

11

  1. MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SpA, spondyloarthritis; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; DD, mean disease duration;
  2. IBP, inflammatory back pain; NILBP, noninflammatory low-back pain; no LBP, no low-back pain; mo, months; NR, mean disease duration not reported.