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Author | Tsu-Yi Hsieh Wei-Ting Hung Hsin-Hua Chen Yi-Ming Chen Kuo-Lung Lai Ching-Tsai Lin Chih-Wei Tseng Kuo-Tung Tang Yin-Yi Chou Yi-Da Wu Chin-Yin Huang Chia-Wei Hsieh Wen-Nan Huang Yi-Hsing Chen |
Abstract | ObjectiveTo assess the associations of the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society Health Index (ASAS HI) with gender and other factors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).MethodsFrom November 2017 to October 2018, we measured the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS), the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), the modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Score (mSASSS) and the ASAS HI score for AS patients at the Taichung Veterans General Hospital. After adjusting for disease activity (ASDAS-erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR], ASDAS- C-reactive protein [CRP], BASDAI+ESR or BASDAI+CRP), mSASSS and other potential confounders including medications, comorbidities, and laboratory data, any associations between gender and the sum score of ASDAS HI were assessed using multiple linear regression analysis, as well as any associations between gender and an ASAS HI score >5 using multivariable logistic regression analysis.ResultsA total of 307 AS patients (62 [20.2%] females, mean age 46.4 years [S.D. 13.3], mean symptom duration 20.6 years [S.D. 12.1]) were included. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the male gender was significantly associated with a lower ASAS HI (B = -1. 91, 95% confidence interval [CI], -2.82--1.00, p <0.001). Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that males also had a lower risk of achieving scores of ASAS HI > 5 than females (odds ratio = 0.15, 95% CI, 0.07-0.36, p <0.001). Disease activity measures, including ASDAS-ESR, ASDAS-CRP and BASDAI, had positive correlations with ASAS HI.ConclusionThis single-center, cross-sectional study revealed that a higher ASAS HI score was significantly associated with female gender and higher disease activity measures. |
e-ISSN | 19326203 |
DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0235678 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Issue Number | 7 |
Volume Number | 15 |
Language | English |
Publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Publisher Date | 2020-01-01 |
Publisher Place | United States |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Medicine Science |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Article |
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