Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and spondyloarthritis (SpA) have a higher number of children per man and are less likely to be childless compared with a cohort of controls from the general population, according to data from a large, nationwide cohort study presented at the 2024 European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR). Additionally, investigators note male fertility is not affected by inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) and factors linked to IDJ appear to improve fertility or the motivation and possibility to have children.

“In the last couple of years, there has been increased awareness regarding possible effects of chronic inflammatory joint diseases (IJDs) on male fertility,” wrote a team of investigators led by Gudrun David Sigmo, PhD candidate at Stavanger University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Stavanger, Norway. “The iFAME-fertility study from The Netherlands in 2021 suggested an association between IJDs and reduced fertility. However, a recent extensive cohort study showed that the proportion of childless men was lower in 11,000 Norwegian IJD patients than in matched controls.”

Source: MDMag

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