Identifying Trajectories of Radiographic Spinal Disease in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A 15-year follow up study of the PSOAS Cohort.
Mark C HwangMin Jae LeeLianne S GenslerMatthew A BrownAmirali TahananMohammad H RahbarTheresa HunterMingyan ShanMariko L IshimoriJohn D ReveilleMichael H WeismanThomas J Learchnull nullPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
GBTM identified 4 distinct patterns of spinal disease progression in the PSOAS cohort. Male gender, longer disease duration, elevated C-reactive protein and smoking were associated with higher spinal disease groups. Independent confirmation in other AS cohorts is needed to confirm these radiographic patterns.