Psoriatic arthritis and sacroiliitis are associated with increased vascular inflammation by 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography: baseline report from the Psoriasis Atherosclerosis and Cardiometabolic Disease Initiative

Table 2 Vascular inflammation is increased in patients with sacroiliitis ^a

^aCT, Computed tomography; PsA, Psoriatic arthritis; Pso, Psoriasis; SUV_max, Maximum standardized uptake value. Data are reported as mean ± SD of the greatest aortic SUV_max region (three consecutive slices) for each patient. Indicated P-values (P < 0.05 deemed significant) are for Student’s t-test comparisons of either Pso vs PsA or absence vs presence of sacroiliitis by CT scan.

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