Abstracts tagged "African-Americans"

Abstract Number: 2453 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High-Density Genotyping of Risk Loci in African Americans with RA
Maria I. Danila¹, Richard Reynolds², Qi Yan³, Nianjun Liu³, Peter K. Gregersen⁴, CLEAR Investigators², Donna K. Arnett² and S. Louis Bridges Jr.^2,5, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Genetic studies have identified 101 risk loci for RA in individuals of Caucasian and Asian descent. However, to date the genetic determinants of RA…
Abstract Number: 2454 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic Influences on Rheumatoid Arthritis in African-Americans
Vincent A. Laufer^1,2, Richard J. Reynolds³, Maria I. Danila⁴, Gordon Wu⁵, Amit Patki⁵, Devin Absher⁶, Carl D. Langefeld⁷, R. Curtis Hendrickson⁸, Elliot J. Lefkowitz⁹, Ted R. Mikuls¹⁰, Peter K. Gregersen¹¹, Elizabeth E. Brown⁸, Robert P. Kimberly⁸, John B. Harley¹², Donna K. Arnett⁸, Hemant K. Tiwari⁵ and S. Louis Bridges Jr.^8,13, ¹Division of Clinical Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Scientist Training Program, Birmingham, AL, ³Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, ⁷Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰Veteran Affairs Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ¹¹Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute Medical Research and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY, ¹²Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹³Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects 0.5-1% of the population worldwide. The genetics of RA has been analyzed in large European and Asian studies, but much…
Abstract Number: 2290 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Race and Other Risk Markers of Uveitis in a Prospective Cohort of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Sheila T. Angeles-Han¹, Courtney McCracken¹, Steven Yeh², Kirsten Jenkins³, Erica Myoung⁴, Daneka Stryker⁴, Kelly A. Rouster-Stevens⁵, Larry B. Vogler¹, Christine Kennedy⁶, Sampath Prahalad¹ and Carolyn Drews-Botsch⁷, ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Rheumatology Immunology, Emory Children's Center, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Epidemiology, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose Juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis (JIA-U) can lead to poor visual outcomes. American Academy of Pediatric guidelines recommend screening every 3 months in children with…
Abstract Number: 1672 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Facilitating the Medication Decision-Making process—What Do Patients with Lupus Nephritis Say?
Ricahrd Shewchuk¹, Haiyan Qu², W. Winn Chatham², Jinoos Yazdany³, Maria Dall'era⁴ and Jasvinder A. Singh⁵, ¹University fo Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of Alabama and VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Low medication adherence in lupus nephritis puts patients at risk for poor outcomes, but to our knowledge, relatively little is known about what patients…
Abstract Number: 1668 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identifying Patient Perceptions of Medication Decision Making Barriers in Minorities with Lupus Nephritis
Jasvinder A. Singh¹, Haiyan Qu², Jinoos Yazdany³, W. Winn Chatham², Maria Dall'era⁴ and Ricahrd Shewchuk⁵, ¹University of Alabama and VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University fo Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Studies suggest that adherence to medications for lupus nephritis is low. However, there are limited data available on the barriers that patients with lupus…
Abstract Number: 1635 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Between Carrying at Least One Apolipoprotein1 Variant Allele and Hypertension in Lupus Patients with Normal Renal Function
Ashira Blazer¹, H. Michael Belmont², Robert Clancy³, Peter M. Izmirly⁴ and Jill P. Buyon⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Rheumatology, NYU Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose The apolipoprotein1 (APOL1) gene encodes a 3 domain protein found both in serum and intracellularly in endothelial cells among other cell types. Variant APOL1…
Abstract Number: 1474 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase 4 Antibodies in African-Americans with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Radiographic Scores
Iris Navarro-Millan¹, Andrew Westfall², Erika Darrah^3,4, Antony Rosen⁵, Ted R. Mikuls⁶, Richard Reynolds², Maria I. Danila⁷, Jeffrey R. Curtis² and S. Louis Bridges Jr.^2,8, ¹Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Rheumatology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴5200 Eastern Ave MFL Bldg Cntr, The Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Veteran Affairs Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The presence of serum autoantibodies to peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) have been associated with erosive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in populations that were composed…
Abstract Number: 153 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification Of Autoimmune Disease Risk Alleles That Are Under Recent Selection In The Sea Island Gullah African Americans
Carl D. Langefeld¹, Satria Sajuthi¹, Jasmin Divers¹, Yiqi Huang², Uma Nayak³, Wei-Min Chen³, Kelly J. Hunt⁴, Diane L. Kamen⁵, Gary S. Gilkeson⁶, Jyotika K. Fernandes⁷, Ida J. Spruill⁷, W. Timothy Garvey⁸, Michèle M. Sale² and Paula S. Ramos⁵, ¹Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ²Department of Medicine and Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ³Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁵Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁸Department of Nutrition Sciences and Birmingham VA Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The reasons for the ethnic disparities in rheumatic and autoimmune diseases (AIDs) are largely unknown. Given the increasing evidence of selection at loci associated…
Abstract Number: 154 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification Of Autoimmune Disease Genes In Regions Under Selection In The Gullah African American Population Of South Carolina
Paula S. Ramos¹, Nathan Titus², Satria Sajuthi³, Jasmin Divers³, Yiqi Huang⁴, Uma Nayak⁵, Wei-Min Chen⁵, Kelly J. Hunt⁶, Diane L. Kamen⁷, Gary S. Gilkeson⁷, Jyotika K. Fernandes⁸, Ida J. Spruill⁸, W. Timothy Garvey⁹, Michèle M. Sale⁴ and Carl D. Langefeld³, ¹Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁴Department of Medicine and Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁵Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁶Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁸Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Department of Nutrition Sciences and Birmingham VA Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Most autoimmune diseases (ADs) are more prevalent in specific ethnic groups. We hypothesize that one reason for the ethnic disparity may be an effect…
Abstract Number: 1061 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Phenotypes and Disease Burden Of Discoid Lupus Erythematosus In a Sample Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients In The Southeastern United States
Leslie Anne Cassidy¹, Gaobin Bao², Charmayne M. Dunlop-Thomas³, S. Sam Lim⁴ and Cristina Drenkard^5,6, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Medicine Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Epidemiology, Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: The rash of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) has been reported in 10-25% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Prior reports suggest that DLE…
Abstract Number: 1066 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Depression Screening In Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus From The Southeastern United States: Missing Opportunities For Early Diagnosis and Treatment
Cristina Drenkard¹, Charmayne M. Dunlop-Thomas², Gaobin Bao³ and S. Sam Lim⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Medicine Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Depression can be found in 20-60% of SLE patients and has substantial impact on quality of life, disease outcomes and health care costs. Although…
Abstract Number: 503 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sjögren’s Syndrome In American Ethnic and Racial Minorities
Ann Igoe¹, Christopher J. Lessard^2,3, Juan-Manuel Anaya⁴, Astrid Rasmussen², Kiely Grundahl⁵, Biji T. Kurien^6,7,8, Jacen S Maier-Moore⁹, Lida Radfar¹⁰, John A. Ice², Glen D. Houston¹¹, David M. Lewis¹², Donald U. Stone¹³, Kimberly S. Hefner¹⁴, Kathy L. Sivils^2,3 and R. Hal Scofield^6,8,15, ¹Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Center for Autoimmune Diseases Research (CREA), Universidad del Rosario., Bogota, Colombia, ⁵Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoma CIty, OK, ⁶Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁹Medicine; Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁰College of Dentristry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹¹Collage of Denistry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹²College of Dentistry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹³Department of Ophthalmology, Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁴Hefner Eye Care and Optical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁵US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Examine the racial and ethnic make-up of a large cohort of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) gathered in the USA compared to the make-up found among…
Abstract Number: 2136 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Alcohol Use and Radiographic Disease Progression in African Americans with Recent Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marshall Davis¹, Kaleb Michaud¹, Harlan Sayles¹, Doyt L. Conn², Larry W. Moreland³, S. Louis Bridges Jr.⁴ and Ted R. Mikuls¹, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Rheumatology, Emory Univ School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have shown that alcoholic beverage consumption can modify levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines and alter expression of innate immune system receptors. Recognizing…
Abstract Number: 2695 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Benefits of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program in Low-Income African American Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results of a Pilot Test
Cristina Drenkard¹, Charmayne M. Dunlop-Thomas², Kirk Easley³, Gaobin Bao⁴, S. Sam Lim⁵ and Teresa J. Brady⁶, ¹Medicine, Div Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Medicine Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Arthritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Minorities with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at high risk of poor disease outcomes and may face challenges in effectively self-managing multiple health problems.…
Abstract Number: 2633 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Independence At Home: Real or Perceived
Hazel L. Breland, Health Professions, Division of Occupational Therapy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic conditions are more prevalent among women than men and increase with age. Over 4 million African Americans affected are by rheumatic conditions and…

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