title: Gender specific differences in patients with psoriatic arthritis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess gender related differences in a cohort of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
  
  
  METHODS
  Consecutively recruited patients were included and underwent clinical, radiological and laboratory evaluation by using standardized protocol and case report forms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women (n = 115) with PsA had higher symptom duration and body mass index (BMI), tender and swollen joint counts, disease activity score-28 joints (DAS28), Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and poorer physical activity and fatigue than men (n = 72) with PsA. Psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) were higher in male patients. However quality of life (SF36 physical and mental component scores), articular pattern, extra-articular features (including uveitis, iritis) and family history for psoriasis, spondyloarthritis (SpA) (PsA and ankylosing spondylitis [AS]) were quite similar between men and women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some of the clinical and laboratory variables tend to be different between men and women with PsA. The extent of quality of life and articular pattern seem to be similar in both genders. Men with PsA are more likely to have higher PASI scores and longer duration to develop arthritis after the onset of psoriasis, while women are more likely to have higher disease activity and report more fatigue and physical activity limitations.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Sakarya University, Faculty of Medicine , Sakarya , Turkey.
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nas
authors.affiliation: b Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine , Trabzon , Turkey.
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capkin
authors.affiliation: c Division of Rheumatology, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine , Diyarbakir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdullah Zübeyir
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Dagli
authors.affiliation: c Division of Rheumatology, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine , Diyarbakir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Remzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cevik
authors.affiliation: d Division of Rheumatology, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine , Kayseri , Turkey , and.
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.affiliation: d Division of Rheumatology, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine , Kayseri , Turkey , and.
authors.forename: Gamze
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.affiliation: b Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine , Trabzon , Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karkucak
authors.affiliation: e Erenkoy Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences , Association of Public Hospitals Northern Anatolian Region of Istanbul , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: Bekir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Durmus
authors.affiliation: d Division of Rheumatology, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine , Kayseri , Turkey , and.
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozgocmen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Gender; Psoriatic arthritis; Quality of life