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Table 2.

Results of the clinical and ultrasound enthesis assessment and the elastography study of patellar and Achilles’ tendons

Assessment	Controls	PsoA group	Pso group	P-value
SPARCC score, median (25–75%)	-	8.0 (3.5–11.5)	1.0 (0–2.0)	< 0.001
MASEI score, median (25–75%)	-	11.0 (6.0–15.0)	5.0 (4.0–11.0)	< 0.001
Patellar tendon stiffness, mean (SD)	127.8 (18.5)	119.2 (19.7)	138.8 (11.5)	< 0.001^a
Achilles’ tendon stiffness, median (25–75%)	198.0 (183.2–212.0)	184.8 (175.5–193.9)	206.2 (199.3–213.4)	< 0.001^a < 0.018^b

^a Among both subgroups of patients; ^b between controls and PsoA group

Declarations

Author contributions

CAGA: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Validation, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. MTC, ÁAS, NGM, PZP, JGM and MVD: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

Present study was approved by our centre’s scientific research ethics committee (17/05/2022, file 433) and all study procedures were conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Consent to participate

Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

Consent to publication

Not applicable.

Availability of data and materials

The research team will share the content of the database used to conduct this study on request (carlosantonio.guillen@salud.madrid.org).

Funding

Not applicable.

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