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Table 3 Demographic data for ankylosing spondylitis patients stratified by fecal calprotectin positivity

From: Markers of intestinal inflammation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a pilot study

 

Fecal calprotectin cutoff 50 μg/g

 

Fecal calprotectin positive (n= 16)

Fecal calprotectin negative (n= 23)

Pvalue

Mean age (years)

45

49

0.48

Male, n (%)

14 (88)

18 (78)

0.68

HLA-B27-positive, n (%)

11 (69)

18 (82)

0.71

Mean disease duration (years)

22

22

0.96

Ethnicity (%)

   

   Caucasian

8

74

0.71

   Asian

0

13

0.26

   Hispanic

19

13

0.67