Quality of life and correlation with clinical and radiographic variables in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a retrospective case series study

Abstract

Poor QoL is significantly correlated with high disease activity, poor functional status and decreased spinal mobility in AS. GK is significantly associated with functional status, spinal mobility and QoL in AS patients. ODI, BASFI and BASMI are the major predictors of PF subscale of SF-36.