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Table 1 Total and segmental FAt Spondyloarthritis Spine Scores

From: The FAt Spondyloarthritis Spine Score (FASSS): development and validation of a new scoring method for the evaluation of fat lesions in the spine of patients with axial spondyloarthritis

 

FAt Spondyloarthritis Spine Score

 

Exercise 1 (n = 58)

Exercise 2 (n = 135)

 

Reader 1

Reader 2

Reader 1

Reader 2

 

Baseline

Change

Baseline

Change

Baseline

Change

Baseline

Change

Total

15.2 (15.8)

4.5 (12.5)

14.6 (22.2)

4.2 (8.4)

22.5 (29.6)

4.2 (10.6)

21.1 (28.0)

6.0 (12.2)

Cervical

3.5 (4.1)

0.9 (3.4)

1.7 (4.0)

0.2 (0.9)

2.3 (3.9)

0.3 (1.4)

2.1 (4.3)

0.6 (1.7)

Thoracic

8.2 (9.5)

2.7 (8.6)

8.2 (12.6)

2.7 (7.2)

13.4 (19.0)

2.8 (7.8)

11.9 (17.1)

4.0 (9.1)

Lumbar

3.5 (5.3)

0.9 (2.5)

4.8 (8.7)

1.2 (2.8)

6.8 (10.2)

1.1 (3.7)

7.0 (9.7)

1.4 (3.8)

  1. Data are mean (standard deviation) total and segmental FAt spondyloarthritis Spine Scores (as assessed by two readers in Exercise 1 (n = 58) and Exercise 2 (n = 135).