Sex differences in clinical and imaging characteristics of axial juvenile spondyloarthritis
In a large multicentre axJSpA cohort, males were significantly more likely to have clinical and MRI features of inflammatory sacroiliitis at the time axial disease was first diagnosed. Future trials in axJSpA should strongly consider stratification by sex in their design.
Authors
- Timothy G. Brandon
- Ray Naden
- Nancy A. Chauvin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1760-8173)
- Alison M. Hendry
- Judith A. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4158-8253)
- Peter A. Nigrović
- David M. Biko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0598-2205)
- Adam Mayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2646-0115)
- Shirley M L Tse
- Rik Joos
- Matthew Stoll
- Pamela F. Weiss
- Ozgur Kasapcopur
- Michael L Francavilla
- Rui Xiao
- Mehmet Yildiz
- Walter P Maksymowych
- Jacob L Jaremko
- Ivan Foeldvari
- Robert G Lambert
- Kirsten Minden
- Filip Van den Bosch
- Nele Herregods
- Ruben Burgos-Vargas
- Seza Ozen
- Nicolino Ruperto
- Robert A Colbert
- Gerd Horneff
- Angelo Ravelli
- Daniel J Lovell
- Ronald M Laxer
- Amita Aggarwal
Institutions
- Hackensack University Medical Center (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Hackensack Meridian Health (US)
- Center for Discovery (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Lara D. Veeken
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf611
- Primary Topic
- Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00