Disease Characteristic | 5-year Followup, n = 287 | 10-year Followup, n = 165 | ||||||
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Entry | Followup | p | Entry | Followup | p | |||
Without | With | Without | With | |||||
Neck pain | Without | 125 | 31 | < 0.001 | Without | 67 | 17 | < 0.0001 |
With | 68 | 63 | With | 50 | 31 | |||
Neck stiffness | Without | 121 | 22 | < 0.0001 | Without | 61 | 17 | < 0.0001 |
With | 72 | 72 | With | 51 | 36 | |||
Back pain | Without | 138 | 27 | < 0.0001 | Without | 70 | 19 | < 0.001 |
With | 78 | 44 | With | 51 | 25 | |||
Back stiffness | Without | 130 | 27 | < 0.0001 | Without | 69 | 16 | < 0.0001 |
With | 80 | 50 | With | 50 | 30 | |||
Clinical sacroiliitis | Without | 174 | 10 | < 0.0001 | Without | 105 | 7 | < 0.01 |
With | 39 | 11 | With | 25 | 5 |