Hellen M S de Carvalho, Adriana B Bortoluzzo, Célio R Gonçalves, José Antonio Braga da Silva, Antonio Carlos Ximenes, Manoel B Bértolo, Sandra L E Ribeiro, Mauro Keiserman, Rita Menin, Thelma L Skare, Sueli Carneiro, Valderílio F Azevedo, Walber P Vieira, Elisa N Albuquerque, Washington A Bianchi, Rubens Bonfiglioli, Cristiano Campanholo, Izaias P Costa, Angela P Duarte, Maria Bernadete O Gavi, Charles L Kohem, Nocy H Leite, Sonia A L Lima, Eduardo S Meirelles, Ivânio A Pereira, Marcelo M Pinheiro, Elizandra Polito, Gustavo G Resende, Francisco Airton C Rocha, Mittermayer B Santiago, Maria de Fátima L C Sauma, Percival D Sampaio-Barros
An increasing number of women have been diagnosed with spondyloarthritis (SpA) in recent decades. While a few studies have analyzed gender as a prognostic factor of the disease, no studies have addressed this matter with a large number of patients in South America, which is a peculiar region due to its genetic heterogeneity. The aim of the present study was to analyze the influence of gender on disease patterns in a large cohort of Brazilian patients with SpA. A prospective study was carried out involving 1,505 patients [1,090 males (72...
April 2012: Clinical Rheumatology