... inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis. In contrast to RA, AS is three times more prevalent in men thanwomen, and symptoms usually begin in adolescence.Daily pain, stiffness, fatigue, and physical ... (sacroiliitis), which typically leads to decreased spinalmobility. However, AS may also include extraspinal manifesta-tions, such as peripheral arthritis and uveitis, and it is oftenassociated with inflammatory ... START (24 and 17 joints, respectively). In the analysis of patients with RA or AS in a Dutch study [3], the mean baselineBath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity score was 3.9compared with...