Sex Differences in the Achievement of Remission and Low Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Carson MaynardTed R MikulsGrant W CannonBryant R EnglandPhilip G ConaghanMikkel ØstergaardDaniel G BakerGail KerrMichael D GeorgeJennifer L BartonJoshua F BakerPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2020)
The comparison of remission rates between men and women varies based on the disease activity measure, with sex-specific differences in ESR resulting in reliably lower rates of remission among women. There were no differences in MRI measures.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- contrast enhanced
- interstitial lung disease
- pregnancy outcomes
- computed tomography
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- pregnant women
- diffusion weighted imaging
- cervical cancer screening