Abstracts tagged "25-hydroxyvitamin D and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 476 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Vitamin D Repletion and Maintenance Therapy On Clinical Indicators of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Uzma J. Haque¹, Clifton O. Bingham III² and Susan J. Bartlett³, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Low Vitamin D levels are prevalent in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). We have previously reported that low vitamin D levels are associated with higher…
Abstract Number: 1609 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level and Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Linda T. Hiraki¹, Jing Cui², Susan Malspeis³, Karen H. Costenbader³ and Elizabeth W. Karlson⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D has demonstrated immunomodulatory properties with potential etiologic implications for autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, a causal association between decreased vitamin…