ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2011
Gender differences in ankylosing spondylitis-associated cumulative healthcare utilization: a population-based cohort study.
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- Genetic Mechanisms Leading to Sex Differences Across Common Diseases and Anthropometric Traits.Genetics · 2017Article
- Diagnostic Prevalence of Ankylosing Spondylitis Using Computerized Health Care Data, 1996 to 2009: Underrecognition in a US Health Care Setting.The Permanente journal · 2016Article
- Efficacy and safety of celecoxib in chinese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a 6-week randomized, double-blinded study with 6-week open-label extension treatment.Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental · 2014Article
- Update on Axial Spondyloarthritis.Missouri medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAnkylosing spondylitis (AS) is one of the most common rheumatic diseases with gender differences in prevalence and clinical presentation. This study aimed to examine whether such gender differences are correlated with cumulative healthcare utilization in Taiwan.
methodsThe National Health Insurance Research Database supplied claim records of one million individuals from 1996 to 2007. Selected cases included patients aged >16 years. Certified rheumatologists diagnosed the patients in three or more visits and gave prescriptions for AS. Multivariate adjusted logistic regression analyses were used to calculate the influence of gender on cumulative healthcare utilization associated with AS.
resultsThe study included 228 women and 636 men. After adjustment for potential confounding factors, men had more cumulative outpatient visits associated with AS (odds ratio, 1.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.13 -2.23; p = 0.008). Men also exhibited a trend for higher frequency of AS-related hospitalization (p = 0.054).
conclusionMen are more likely to have high cumulative AS-associated healthcare utilization than women. Further investigation of the causal factors is warranted.
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