Women, men, and rheumatoid arthritis: analyses of disease activity, disease characteristics, and treatments in the QUEST-RA Study

Sokka, Tuulikki; Toloza, Sergio; Cutolo, Maurizio; Kautiainen, Hannu; Mäkinen, Heidi; Göğüş, Feride; Skakić, Vlado; Badsha, Humeira; Peets, Tõnu; Baranauskaitė, Asta; Géher, Pál; Újfalussy, Ilona; N. Skopouli, Fotini; Mavrommati, Maria; Alten, Rieke; Pohl, Christof; Sibilia, Jean; Stancati, Andrea; Salaffi, Fausto; Romanowski, Wojciech; Zarowny-Wierzbinska, Danuta; Henrohn, Dan; Bresnihan, Barry; Minnock, Patricia; Surland Knudsen, Lene; W. G. Jacobs, Johannes; Calvo‐Alén, Jaime; Lazovskis, Juris; da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, Geraldo; Е. Каратеев, Д.; Andersone, Daina; Rexhepi, Sylejman; Yazıcı, Yusuf; Pincus, Theodore; QUEST-RA Group, the

doi:10.1186/ar2591

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Women, men, and rheumatoid arthritis: analyses of disease activity, disease characteristics, and treatments in the QUEST-RA Study

Published in Arthritis Research & Therapy • Jan 14, 2009

Authors:

Tuulikki Sokka

Sergio Toloza

Maurizio Cutolo

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Gender as a predictor of outcomes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has evoked considerable interest over the decades. Historically, there is no consensus whether RA is worse in females or males. Recent reports suggest that females are less likely than males to achieve remission. Therefore,...

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Medicine

Rheumatology

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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