Sentence examples for spa populations from inspiring English sources

29 Two trials 18 19 included mixed SpA populations and used ≥40% reduction in PGA after 14 weeks 18 or ESR and CRP 19 (table 1).

In the predominantly young SpA population, effects on cardiovascular risk and pregnancy are especially relevant.

These participants had the same sociodemographic characteristics as our SpA population.

Analyses are presented in the overall axial SpA population and for the AS and nonradiographic axial SpA subpopulations.

The SpA population had a median time since diagnosis of 6.6 months and a disease duration of 6.3 years.

The SpA population consisted of three separate cohorts, where cohorts 2 and 3 are considered as independent validation cohorts.

Our study is the first to report on BMD status in an early SpA population, which is in contrast with other studies reporting only on AS.

Osteopenia was present in 38% of the patients and osteoporosis in 9%, whereas half of the early SpA population had a normal BMD (Table  2).

However, studies about the degree of osteoporosis in a SpA population and its relation with risk factors are limited, particularly in patients with an early disease.

The BASDAI and ASDAS are validated for patients with AS, but not for patients with peripheral SpA; however, most of the components used to calculate the ASDAS are applicable to a peripheral SpA population.

The MASES was developed for the AS population (19) and assesses sites of entheses in primarily axial locations, in contrast to the Leeds and SPARCC indices, and thus may not be as suitable for a peripheral SpA population (17, 18).