Abstracts tagged "Adipocytokines and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 1305 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Adiposity and Adipokines Are Associated with Insulin Resistance in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Leandra Uribe Woolnough^1,2, Tracey Wright^2,3 and Gloria Vega⁴, ¹Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Pediatrics/Rheumatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Center for Human Nutrition, UTSouthwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease do not fully account for the increase in atherosclerosis in SLE. Insulin resistance (IR) and other metabolic derangements…