1. Clinical analysis of gender and pre-existing diabetes mellitus in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: A retrospective study in a Japanese population.
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Yoshiro Horai, Mizuna Otsuka, Chieko Kawahara, Nozomi Iwanaga, Yusuke Yamasaki, Taro Watanobe, Junichi Yasui, Yusuke Saishoji, Yuichi Torisu, Takahiro Mori, Hideki Mori, Yasumori Izumi, and Atsushi Kawakami
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JAPANESE people ,PEOPLE with diabetes ,DIABETES ,POLYMYALGIA rheumatica ,MEDICAL records ,C-reactive protein ,MALE infertility - Abstract
Objective: This study clarifies the involvement of gender and pre-existing diabetes mellitus (DM) in the clinical characteristics of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). Methods: The clinical records of patients diagnosed with PMR in our department between January 2011 and June 2021, especially in terms of gender and DM were retrospectively analysed. Results: We identified 89 patients with the median age of 75.37 cases were men and 52 cases were women. Pre-existing DM was found in 21 patients (23.6%). Male PMR patients exhibited a higher complication rate of pre-existing DM and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels at diagnosis (p = .04 and p < .01, respectively) than female patients, and men were more common in the patient group with pre-existing DM (p = .04). The CRP levels of male PMR patients without pre-existing DM were higher than female PMR patients without pre-existing DM. Conclusion: Male PMR patients might have a varying pathophysiology from female patients in terms of high inflammation levels accompanied by a high prevalence rate of pre-existing DM and need a gender-specific approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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