Higher prevalence of sonographic enthesitis in men than in women with PsA

Key clinical point: Among patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), sonographic enthesitis was more prevalent in men than women.

Major finding: Compared with women, men had higher total ultrasound and gray scale enthesitis scores (both P = .01) and sonographic active inflammatory score (P = .005), as reflected by higher hypoechogenicity, thickening, and enthesophytes (P < .05), with the male sex being associated with a significantly higher ultrasound inflammatory enthesitis score (P = .02).

Study details: Findings are from a prospective study including 158 patients with PsA, of which 70 patients were men and 88 were women.

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Disclosures: This study did not receive any funding. The authors declared no conflict of interests.

Source: Furer V et al. Sex-based differences in sonographic and clinical findings among patients with psoriatic arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2022 (Oct 15). Doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220547