Abstract Number: 50 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Circulating 25(OH)D, LL-37 and Antimicrobial Protein and Peptide (APP) Levels Are Altered Prior to Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Epidemiological studies suggest vitamin D deficiency as a potential risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development, a chronic autoimmune disorder highly prevalent in indigenous…Abstract Number: 273 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Bone Health in Lupus: Findings from the Southern California Lupus Registry
Background/Purpose: The association of vitamin D deficiency with SLE is well established. While disease activity can itself cause pathologic bone remodeling and reduced vitamin D,…Abstract Number: 2172 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Depression of Vitamin D Levels After Adult Primary Posterior Spinal Fusion: Are We Adding Insult to Injury?
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D is a steroid hormone metabolized to its active form in the presence of parathyroid hormone in the kidney. Vitamin D is essential…Abstract Number: 2221 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Bone Metabolism Impairment in Heart Transplant: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: Data on prevention of fractures after heart transplant (HTx) are controversial in the literature. Understanding the effects of HTx on bone may guide appropriate…Abstract Number: 2319 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Are Vitamin D Metabolite Levels at Time of Diagnosis Associated with Long-term Severe Cardiovascular Events in Early Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Aggressively Treated During 10 Year Follow Up? Post-hoc Analyses of Observational Data from the CIMESTRA Cohort
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is highly prevalent in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and in non-RA subjects with low vitamin D levels. The aim of the present study…Abstract Number: 2328 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Current Factors Associated with Insufficient Vitamin D Status in Patients with Osteoporosis
Background/Purpose: In 2010, the Canadian Osteoporosis guidelines recommended that patients with osteoporosis be supplemented with vitamin D and to achieve serum levels ≥75nmol/L. Past studies,…Abstract Number: 332 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, Acute Phase Reactants and Disease Activity in Rheumatologic Diseases
Background/Purpose: Previous evidence indicates an association between vitamin D deficiency and autoimmune diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD),…Abstract Number: 2957 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Deficiency Independently Predicts Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from a Controlled Study
Background/Purpose: Cognitive dysfunction has been reported in 20-80% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Converging evidence has indicated the importance of vitamin D as a…Abstract Number: 2231 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vitamin D Deficiency States Can be Actively Prevented. Results from a Cross-Sectional Study of over 3000 Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D (D25) deficiency has been an ongoing matter of concern, especially in countries at northern latitudes. The effects of D25 deficiency in patients…Abstract Number: 2685 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Levels of 25(OH)D Are Associated with Lower Disease Activity in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency is highly common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (1). In vitro, vitamin D has anti-inflammatory effects and vitamin D has…Abstract Number: 2279 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic Markers for Circulating Vitamin D and the Associations with Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex, life threatening autoimmune disease and a presumed consequence of susceptibility genes interacting with environmental exposures. Vitamin D…Abstract Number: 1557 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Percentage of Postmenopausal Women Younger Than Age 65 Years Have Low Bone Mineral Density At a Family Health Center?
Background/Purpose: Many younger women, < 65 years of age may have low bone mineral density (BMD) that remains undetected in clinical practice due to following…