The BASDAI Cut-Off for Disease Activity Corresponding to the ASDAS Scores in a Taiwanese Cohort of Ankylosing Spondylitis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) has been widely utilized to evaluate disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) by an arbitrary cut-off of ≥4 to indicate high disease activity and initiate biological therapy. The Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) is a new composite index to assess AS disease activity states that have been defined and validated. ASDAS ≥2.1 was selected as a criterion to start biological therapy. The purpose of this study was to estimate the corresponding BASDAI and ASDAS cut-off in a Taiwanese AS cohort.

Methods

From November 2016 to October 2018, we assessed the ASDAS and the BASDAI regularly and recorded demographic data for 489 AS patients in Taichung Veterans General hospita

SUBMITTER: Chen YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9149077 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature