Hey Karen, I do apologize for the petulant tone of my post yesterday. I'm a little touchy these days, I think.
I have outright asked Dr. I about the need for research on women and AS, and he indicated that some needs to be done. Problem is (and this is from personal research, not from Dr. I) getting the funding for it. Somehow, we have to make it a cause that the people with the big bucks will care about. I'm now looking into doing advocacy through The Arthritis Society on this and have been in discussion with people there who can help me start taking a more active role.
As for the 2.5:1 ratio, I truly do not think it was meant to be reflective of the ratio in the actual study, but an overall AS ratio.
Warm hugs,
