Polymyalgia rheumatica: Klinische Analyse von Geschlecht und vorbestehendem Diabetes mellitus.

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]