Mitigation of disease- and treatment-related risks in patients with psoriatic arthritis

Table 2 First signs and symptoms attributable to psoriatic spondyloarthritis [74]

First signs and symptoms, n (%)	Psoriatic spondyloarthritis
First signs and symptoms, n (%)	≤2 years (n = 51)	>10 years (n = 187)	P value
Low back pain	13 (26)	31 (17)	0.15
Sacroiliac syndrome	6 (12)	17 (9)	0.59
Neck pain	1 (2)	14 (7)	0.20
Dactylitis	5 (10)	17 (9)	0.79
Arthritis, lower limbs	29 (57)	131 (70)	0.08
Arthritis, upper limbs	27 (53)	106 (57)	0.63
Enthesitis	5 (10)	15 (8)	0.78

(Adapted from: Rojas-Vargas M et al. First signs and symptoms of spondyloarthritis—data from an inception cohort with a disease course of two years or less (REGISPONSER-Early). Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009;48(4):404–409)
Significance obtained by the chi-square test for contingency tables
Comparison of REGISPONSER-Early (≤2 years) vs REGISPONSER-Late (>10 years)

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