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The ASAS40 defines improvement as at least 40%% or an absolute improvement of at least 20 units on a 0 100 mm scale in at least three out of the four domains, without worsening in the remaining one.
The "ASAS five out of six criteria" defines improvement as a 20%% amelioration in any of five of the following six domains: the four domains used for ASAS 20%% and ASAS 40%%, acute phase reactants and spinal mobility, as assessed by the BASMI score.
The ASAS20 defines improvement as at least 20%% (or an absolute improvement of at least 10 units on a scale of 0 100) in three of the following domains: patient's global assessment of disease activity, pain, function (BASFI score) and morning stiffness (considered the average of the last two questions on the six-question BASDAI regarding morning stiffness).
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