Sex-specific differences and how to handle them in early psoriatic arthritis.
E PassiaM VisL C CoatesA SoniI TchetverikovA H GerardsM R KokP A J M VosL KorswagenF FodiliY P M Goekoop-RuitermanJ van der KaapM van OosterhoutJolanda J LuimePublished in: Arthritis research & therapy (2022)
After 1 year of standard-of-care treatment, women did not surpass their baseline disadvantages. Despite the overall improvement, they still presented higher disease activity, higher levels of pain, and lower functional capacity score than men. The nature of these findings may advocate a need for sex specific adjustment of treatment strategies and evaluation in early PsA patients.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- end stage renal disease
- prostate cancer
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ankylosing spondylitis
- chronic pain
- prognostic factors
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- peritoneal dialysis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- neuropathic pain
- quality improvement
- spinal cord
- spinal cord injury
- radical prostatectomy
- smoking cessation