RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Performance of the Assessment in Spondyloarthritis International Society Classification for Axial and Peripheral Spondyloarthritis in an Established Clinical Cohort: Comparison with Criteria Sets of Amor and the European Spondylarthropathy Study Group
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP jrheum.111088
DO 10.3899/jrheum.111088
A1 Peter P. Cheung
A1 Simon Paternotte
A1 Vincent Burki
A1 Anne Durnez
A1 Muriel Elhai
A1 Isabelle Fabreguet
A1 Eugenie Koumakis
A1 Magali Meyer
A1 Judith Payet
A1 Fanny Roure
A1 Maxime Dougados
A1 Laure Gossec
YR 2012
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2012/02/10/jrheum.111088.abstract
AB Objective To evaluate the performance of the Assessment in Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) criteria (axial or peripheral) against the Amor and European Spondylarthropathy Study Group criteria in established spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods Rheumatologist-diagnosed patients with SpA were retrospectively classified according to the different criteria sets. Clinical characteristics of patients fulfilling all 3 criteria were compared with those who did not, by nonparametric statistics. Results ASAS classified 90% of the 231 patients, with 169 (73%) fulfilling all 3 criteria sets. Multivariate analysis showed the 62 patients not fulfilling all criteria sets were older at symptom onset (p < 0.001) and less likely to have inflammatory back pain (p < 0.001), peripheral arthritis (p < 0.001), or elevated C-reactive protein levels (p = 0.034). Conclusion ASAS criteria can be used in established disease.