Table 4 Baseline characteristics in patients with ankylosing spondylitis according to spinal cord injury or spinal fracture
From: Spinal cord injury and spinal fracture in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
| Â | Spinal cord injury | Spinal fracture | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | SCI (n = 60) | Non-SCI (n = 45) | P value | Fracture (n = 94) | Non-fracture ( n = 11) | P value |
Subluxation or dislocation | 29 (48.3) | 4 (8.9) |  < 0.001 | 32 (34.0) | 1 (9.1) | 0.167 |
Location of spinal fractures |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  | - |
None | 11 (18.3)a | 0 (0.0) | Â | - | - | Â |
C0-2 | 1 (1.7) | 4 (8.9) | Â | - | - | Â |
C3-7 | 32 (53.3)a | 5 (11.1) | Â | - | - | Â |
T | 8 (13.3)a | 20 (44.4) | Â | - | - | Â |
L | 1 (1.7)a | 14 (31.1) | Â | - | - | Â |
Multiple regions involved | 7 (11.7) | 2 (4.4) | Â | - | - | Â |
Spinal cord injury level | Â | Â | - | Â | Â | 0.001 |
None | - | - | Â | 45 (47.9)a | 0 (0.0) | Â |
C1-2 | - | - | Â | 3 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
C3-7 | - | - | Â | 35 (37.2)a | 11 (100.0) | Â |
T | - | - | Â | 11 (11.7) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Bamboo spine | 47 (78.3) | 31 (68.9) | 0.367 | 74 (78.7) | 4 (36.4) | 0.006 |
SEH | 13 (21.7) | 1 (2.2) | 0.003 | 14 (14.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0.353 |