Table 3.

Association of demographic, clinical, and disease characteristics with physical functioning (Bath AS Functional Index).

Beta95% CI
Intercept−1.52−2.1 to −0.9
Age0.040.02–0.05
Female sex0.13−0.17–0.40
Symptom duration−0.003−0.02–0.11
BASDAI0.860.92–0.19
Radiographic spinal change
Ankylosis1.130.74–1.52
Syndesmophytes0.420.11–0.74
No abnormalitiesReference
Hip involvement0.640.35–0.92