Sex disparities in clinical characteristics and prognosis of immunoglobulin G4-related disease: a prospective study of 403 patients

• Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) Vol. 58; no. 5; pp. 820 - 830
• Main Authors: Wang, Liwen, Zhang, Panpan, Zhang, Xia, Lin, Wei, Tang, Hanqi, Li, Jieqiong, Wang, Mu, Liu, Xiaowei, Fei, Yunyun, Chen, Hua, Peng, Linyi, Zhang, Li, Lai, Yamin, Zeng, Xuejun, Li, Xuemei, Xue, Huadan, Zhao, Yan, Zhang, Fengchun, Zhang, Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.05.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease - drug therapy; Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease - pathology; Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Recurrence; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Factors; Treatment Outcome; IgG4-related disease; glucocorticoids; prognosis; clinical characteristics; sex

Abstract Objectives To study the impact of sex on the clinical presentation of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Methods We prospectively enrolled 403 newly diagnosed IgG4-RD patients. We compared the demographic features, clinical manifestations, organ involvement, laboratory tests and treatment outc...