How to calculate the ASDAS based on C-reactive protein without individual questions from the BASDAI: the BASDAI-based ASDAS formula.
Rheumatology (Oxford)
; 59(7): 1545-1549, 2020 07 01.
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| ID: mdl-31628804
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To develop a new equation to calculate the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score based on CRP (ASDAS-CRP) using only the BASDAI total score and CRP.METHODS:
Axial SpA (axSpA) patients from the Cordoba Spondyloarthritis Registry cohort were recruited as a derivation cohort, while a retrospective sample from the Spanish Rheumatology Society National Registry of Spondyloarthropathies and Ibero American Spondyloarhtritis Registry registers was used as a validation cohort. We built a new equation based only on the BASDAI and CRP, defining a new formula the BASDAI-based ASDAS (BASDAS). Linear regression analysis was used to determine the coefficients of the equation in the derivation cohort and it was subsequently validated in the validation cohort.RESULTS:
A total of 52 axSpA patients in the derivation cohort and 3359 patients in the validation cohort were included. In the derivation cohort, the mean BASDAS [2.24 (s.d. 0.90)] was very similar to the ASDAS-CRP [2.23 (s.d. 0.95)], with a very strong correlation (r = 0.96, P < 0.001). In the validation cohort, the mean BASDAS was 3.31 (s.d. 1.37) and the ASDAS-CRP was 3.19 (s.d. 1.27), which also had a very strong correlation (r = 0.95, P < 0.001). Intraclass correlation coefficients were excellent in both cohorts (0.963 and 0.947, respectively).CONCLUSION:
The BASDAS performs similarly to the ASDAS-CRP and can be calculated with only the BASDAI total score and CRP, allowing evaluation of disease activity in retrospective studies where the individual items of the BASDAI are not available.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
C-Reactive Protein
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Spondylarthropathies
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Rheumatology (Oxford)
Journal subject:
REUMATOLOGIA
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
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