TY - JOUR T1 - Employment and Functional Ability in Men and Women With Axial Spondyloarthritis as Described in the US-based Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1890 LP - 1890 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.210469 VL - 48 IS - 12 AU - Sinead Maguire AU - Gillian Fitzgerald AU - Finbar O’Shea Y1 - 2021/12/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/48/12/1890.abstract N2 - To the Editor:We read with interest the recent article from Mease et al1 regarding the analysis of men and women with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) captured in the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry. Dedicated comparative analysis in large, well-characterized cohorts such as this are crucial to identifying the variation of axSpA between males and females.The data on employment status including outcomes from the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI) were especially interesting. It was reported that the rate of employment was similar between men and women (67.8% vs 64%, P = 0.39). Females had a significantly lower rate of disability (12.6% vs 16%, P < 0.01), despite reporting worse impairment while working (35.4% vs 24.9%, P < … Address correspondence to Dr. S. Maguire, Department of Rheumatology, St James’ Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Email: sineadmaguire{at}rcsi.ie. ER -