scholarly journals Employment and Functional Ability in Men and Women With Axial Spondyloarthritis as Described in the US-based Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry

2021 ◽  
pp. jrheum.210469
Author(s):  
Sinead Maguire ◽  
Gillian Fitzgerald ◽  
Finbar O'Shea
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Psoriatic Arthritis ◽  
Functional Ability ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
Axial Spondyloarthritis ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Us ◽  
Males And Females

We read with interest the recent article from Mease et al1 regarding the analysis of men and women with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) captured in the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/ Spondyloarthritis Registry. Dedicated comparative analysis in large, well-characterized cohorts such as this are crucial to identifying the variation of axSpA between males and females.

scholarly journals Comparison of Men and Women With Axial Spondyloarthritis in the US-Based Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry

2021 ◽  
pp. jrheum.201549
Author(s):  
Philip J. Mease ◽  
Robert R. McLean ◽  
Blessing Dube ◽  
Mei Liu ◽  
Sabrina Rebello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psoriatic Arthritis ◽  
Ankylosing Spondylitis ◽  
Disease Activity ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Axial Spondyloarthritis ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
The Us

Objective To compare patient characteristics and disease burden between men and women with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in the US-based Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis (PsA/SpA) Registry. Methods Patients aged ≥18 years with axSpA enrolled in the Corrona PsA/SpA Registry between March 2013 and November 2018 who were not concurrently diagnosed with PsA were included. Patient demographics, clinical characteristics, disease activity, patient-reported symptoms, work productivity, and treatment history at enrollment were compared between men and women using t tests or Wilcoxon rank-sum tests for continuous variables and χ2 or Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables. Results Of 498 patients with axSpA and available sex information, 307 (61.6%) were men and 191 (38.4%) were women. Compared with men, women had higher disease activity as measured by Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, and physician global assessment, and had higher tender/swollen joint counts and enthesitis scores (all P≤0.01). Women also had worse patient-reported symptoms (pain, fatigue, HAQ-S, and EQ-VAS; all P<0.05), greater work and activity impairment, and were less likely to work full time than men. Prior csDMARD and prednisone use was more common in women than in men (both P<0.05). Additionally, women were more likely to have diagnoses of depression and fibromyalgia (both P<0.01). Conclusion In this US registry of patients with axSpA, women had higher overall disease burden and more peripheral manifestations than men. Improved awareness of sex differences in the presentation of axSpA may aid physicians in earlier identification and improved disease management.

scholarly journals Dr. Mease et al reply

2021 ◽  
pp. jrheum.210750
Author(s):  
Philip J. Mease ◽  
Robert R. McLean ◽  
Blessing Dube ◽  
Mei Liu ◽  
Sabrina Rebello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psoriatic Arthritis ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Axial Spondyloarthritis ◽  
Work Productivity ◽  
Patient Characteristics ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

We thank Dr. Maguire et al1 for their interest in and appreciation of our study from the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/ Spondyloarthritis Registry comparing patient characteristics and disease burden between men and women with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).2 Dr. Maguire and colleagues raised a number of interesting questions around the causal relationship between the higher prevalence of depression and decreased work productivity we observed in women in our study.

scholarly journals Oxybutynin treatment for hyperhidrosis: a comparative analysis between genders

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Wolosker ◽  
Mariana Krutman ◽  
Taiz Pereira Donozo Almeida Campdell ◽  
Paulo Kauffman ◽  
Jose Ribas Milanez de Campos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Female Group ◽  
Low Doses ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Axillary Hyperhidrosis ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Males And Females

OBJECTIVE: To assess the results of palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis treatment in males and females using low doses of oxybutynin. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted in 395 women and 170 men followed up in our service with complaint of palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis. RESULTS: A total of 70% of patients in both groups presented partial or great improvement in the level of hyperhidrosis after treatment. The best results were obtained in the female group, in which 40% classified their improvement as "great". Approximately 70% of the patients in both groups improved their quality of life after medical therapy and 30% presented no change in condition. CONCLUSION: Gender is not a factor that significantly interferes in oxybutynin treatment results. Quality of life indices and clinical improvement level were similar in men and women.

Asthma, atopy, and exercise: Sex differences in exercise-induced bronchoconstriction

2021 ◽  
pp. 153537022110038
Author(s):  
Daniel Enrique Rodriguez Bauza ◽  
Patricia Silveyra
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Allergic Diseases ◽  
Common Complication ◽  
Collective Knowledge ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Atopic Status ◽  
The Us ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Exercise Induced

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease affecting approximately 7.7% of the US population. Sex differences in the prevalence, incidence, and severity of asthma have been widely described throughout the lifespan, showing higher rates in boys than girls before puberty, but a reversed pattern in adults. Asthma is often associated with atopy, i.e. the tendency to develop allergic diseases, and can be worsened by environmental stimuli and/or exercise. While not exclusive to patients with asthma, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is a common complication of athletes and individuals who exercise regularly. Currently, there is limited research on sex differences in EIB and its relationship with atopy and asthma in men and women. In this minireview, we summarize the available literature on this topic. Overall, the collective knowledge supports the notion that physiological changes triggered during exercise affect males and females differently, suggesting an interaction among sex, exercise, sex hormones, and atopic status in the course of EIB pathophysiology. Understanding these differences is important to provide personalized management plans to men and women who exercise regularly and suffer from underlying asthma and/or atopy.

Russian Policy of Agriculture Support and the Necessity of Its Modification after WTO Accession

2012 ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Uzun
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
World Trade ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Wto Accession ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Agriculture Support

The article deals with the features of the Russian policy of agriculture support in comparison with the EU and the US policies. Comparative analysis is held considering the scales and levels of collective agriculture support, sources of supporting means, levels and mechanisms of support of agricultural production manufacturers, its consumers, agrarian infrastructure establishments, manufacturers and consumers of each of the principal types of agriculture production. The author makes an attempt to estimate the consequences of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization based on a hypothesis that this will result in unification of the manufacturers and consumers’ protection levels in Russia with the countries that have long been WTO members.

Continuity in Any Language

2014 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-171
Author(s):  
Travis E. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Creation Myths ◽  
Alta California ◽  
The Us

This article analyzes the memories of pre-1848 Alta California recounted in the 1870s to Hubert Howe Bancroft’s agent Thomas Savage by a multiethnic group of men and women. The narrators, regardless of ethnic origin, overwhelmingly told stories that insisted on continuity between Alta California in the 1830s and 1840s and the US state birthed in the late 1840s. Even if they had been on opposing sides of political upheavals, they all insisted that their altruistic efforts had helped to transition California peacefully from Mexican rule to home rule and from home rule to US control while preserving both California’s people and California’s culture. This multicultural memory of continuity was later supplanted by rupture-based Anglo Californian creation myths.

МЕЖДИСЦИПЛИНАРНОСТЬ В ПОДГОТОВКЕ КОНФЛИКТОЛОГОВ: СОСТОЯНИЕ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
А. И. Стребков ◽  
А. И. Мусаев
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Us ◽  
Promotional Materials ◽  
Russian Universities ◽  
Educational Methodology

The present article concerns with the modern state of things of the conflict resolution specialists’ training in the US universities. The analysis is based on the informational and promotional materials which were picked up from the 11 American universities’ websites. The aim of the analysis was the examination of the four sections, which are: the orientation of the academic program, the content of the program or the scope of the skills, the main methodology of the academic program and the educational technologies. Together with the analysis of the US universities’ academic programs the article provides the comparative analysis of these programs with the Russian academic programs. On the back of this comparative analysis the authors come to the comprehensive conclusion according to which the specialists’ training in the field of the conflict resolution and peacebuilding in the US does not have significant differences from Russian ones and is carried out within one international academic trend in regard to its main features which are: the orientation, content, educational methodology and technologies. The key distinction of the Russian training from the American one is that the Russian academic tradition does have the core subject matter around which the whole academic program is being developed and which is the conflict. This subject matter is being taken in its entirety and the conflict resolution is considered as the closing stage of the conflict studies specialists’ training whereas the academic programs of the US universities embrace the conflict resolution as the subject matter of the academic training and therefores leaves beyond the scope of the training both the theory of the conflict and the forms practice of its manifestation in a number of the programs. The letter is peculiar to both short-term academic programs and the full-time two-year academic programs as it is accepted in the educational space of the Russian Federation. Furthermore, the authors of the article make up the conclusion of the coinciding major educational methodology which guides the academic programs of the American and Russian universities and which is developed on the principles of the interdisciplinarity.

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