Table 4.

Disease activity, functional capacity, and quality of life in patients with axial involvement from the RESPONDIA Group. All variables were adjusted for disease duration.

VariablesAS, n = 1072Psoriatic Spondylitis, n = 147IBD Spondylitis, n = 45ANOVA p
BASDAI, mean ± SD4.3 ± 2.34.7 ± 2.54.5 ± 2.5NS
BASFI, mean ± SD4.7 ± 2.84.1 ± 2.94.3 ± 2.8NS
ASQoL, mean ± SD7.3 ± 5.27.5 ± 5.57.5 ± 5.5NS
  • BASDAI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; BASFI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index; ASQoL: Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Index; other definitions given in Table 1.