Abstracts tagged "African-Americans"

Abstract Number: 2274 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genes Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Show Evidence of Selection in the Gullah African American Population
Paula S. Ramos¹, Satria Sajuthi², Yiqi Huang³, Diane L. Kamen⁴, Jasmin Divers², Kenneth M. Kaufman⁵, John B. Harley⁶, Robert P. Kimberly⁷, Carl D. Langefeld², Michèle M. Sale³, W. Timothy Garvey⁸ and Gary S. Gilkeson⁹, ¹Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Department of Medicine and Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Department of Medicine, Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Charleston, SC, ⁵1Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology and Rheumatology Division, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and The Center for Autoimmune Genomics & Etiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸Department of Nutrition Sciences and Birmingham VA Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: In spite of its higher prevalence and severity, little is known about the genetic etiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in African Americans (AA).…
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.…

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