moderately significantp = 0.013
Correlations of OST within the patient groups Among MRI + patients, statistical correlation analyses showed moderately significant associations between OST and TJC (rho = 0.333 ; p = 0.013 ), SJC ( rho 0.308; p = 0.017), age ( rho 0.300; p = 0.016), DAS28-CRP ( r = 0.312; p = 0.018 ), and weaker, yet significant correlations with DAS28-ESR ( r = 0.297; p = 0.024 ).