Table 6 Clinical comparisons of women with men from prior ankylosing spondylitis studies in the literature*.
Age of onset | Iritis | Cervical spine pain | Thoracic and lumbar spine pain | Hip/shoulder pain | Peripheral joint pain | Overall course | Number of men | Number of women | |
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Gran et al, 19851 | Same | Same | Less | Same | Same | Same | 82 | 44 | |
Will et al, 19902 | Older | Same | More | More | 1202 | 498 | |||
Tyson et al, 195320 | More | Same | Same | Same | 60 | ||||
Hart et al, 195921 | Same | Milder | 30 | ||||||
McBryde et al, 197322 | Older | 13 | |||||||
Levitin et al, 197523 | Less | More | Same | 9 | |||||
Resnick et al, 197624 | Older | More | Less | More | Milder | 80 | 18 | ||
Spencer et al, 197925 | Same | 164 | 36 | ||||||
Braunstein et al, 198226 | Same | Less | Less | More | Milder | 31 | 32 | ||
Marks et al, 198327 | Same | More | More | More | More | 25 | 25 | ||
Maldonado‐Cocco et al, 198529 | Less | More | 34 | 18 | |||||
Kidd et al, 198830 | Same | Same | Same | Same | Less | Same | 70 | 35 | |
Jimenez‐Balderas et al, 199331 | Same | Same | Same | Same | Same | Same | 41 | 41 | |
Eustace et al, 199332 | More | 64 | 19 |
*The results are given for women compared with men. See the text for further detailed descriptions of the studies.