Rheumatoid Arthritis: Women Less Likely to Achieve Remission Than Men

Rheumatoid arthritis appears to have some gender differences. In a study of about 700 men and women, average age 58 years old, who were diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis during the previous year and had initially similar disease activity and course of treatment:

• Disease activity over the subsequent 5-year period was much worse for women than men.
• 32 percent of women and 49 percent of men achieved remission two years into the study.
• 31 percent of women and 52 percent of men achieved remission 5 years into the study.

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Rheumatoid arthritis affects over 2.1 million adults in the United States. Three times more women than men have rheumatoid arthritis. Study results regarding the association between gender and likelihood of remission were presented at EULAR, the Annual European Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism.

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