Abstracts tagged "administrative databases and epidemiologic methods"

Abstract Number: 2782 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparative Risks of Cardiovascular Disease Among SLE Patients Receiving Immunosuppressive Medications
Daniel Li¹, Candace Feldman ¹, Hongshu Guan ¹, Brendan Everett ², Seoyoung C. Kim ³ and Karen Costenbader ², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
Background/Purpose: Human studies examining cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk associated with immunosuppressants (IS) have been limited, but mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) was shown to suppress vascular smooth muscle…