Abstracts tagged "Aging"

Abstract Number: 2146 • ACR Convergence 2024
Validation of the Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimation and Osteoporosis Self-assessment Tool Among People Aging with HIV in Peru
Joselito Malca-Hernandez¹, Daniel Granda², Ahmed Abdeen³, Yvett Pinedo⁴, Flor Gonzales⁵, Miguel Tapia⁶, Patricia Garcia⁷ and Evelyn Hsieh⁸, ¹Yale School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases / School of Public Health- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Epidemiology, STD, and HIV Unit, New Haven, CT, ²Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Lima, Lima, Peru, ³Yale School of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology / Penn State College of Medicine, State College, New Haven, CT, ⁴Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Department of Infectious Diseases, Lima, Peru, ⁵Ministry of Health of Peru, Department of Infectious Diseases, Lima, Peru, ⁶Ministry of Health, Department of Infectious Diseases, Lima, Peru, ⁷School of Public Health- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Epidemiology, STD, and HIV Unit, Lima, Peru, ⁸Yale School of Medicine / VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: The life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWH) has improved notably since the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, studies have shown that…
Abstract Number: 0167 • ACR Convergence 2024
Epidemiology of Falls in a Diverse Cohort of Adults with SLE
Laura Plantinga¹, Charmayne M. Dunlop-Thomas², Courtney Hoge³, Jinoos Yazdany⁴ and C. Barrett Bowling⁵, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: While often preventable, falls are a common, costly, and serious outcome in the U.S. population: more than one in four adults ³65 years old…
Abstract Number: 2224 • ACR Convergence 2024
Age of Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Radiographic Changes
Masaru Shimizu¹, Misti Paudel², Nancy Shadick³, Michael Weinblatt⁴ and Daniel Solomon⁵, ¹University of Tsukuba, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA

Background/Purpose: Epidemiological studies have shown that the age of onset for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is increasing. However, associations between age of onset and joint erosion…
Abstract Number: 0717 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations Between Calendar Time and Age at Diagnosis with Mortality in a National Cohort of Veterans with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis from 2001-2020
Jennifer Hanberg¹, Svetlana Eden², Amy Anderson-Mellies², Suman Kundu², Matthew Freiberg², Zachary Wallace³ and Evelyn Hsieh⁴, and the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Project Team, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Tennessee Valley VA, Nashville, TN, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁴Yale School of Medicine / VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: It is not clear whether advances in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) management between 2001-2020 have translated to improvement in population-level outcomes, including among older adults.…
Abstract Number: 2467 • ACR Convergence 2024
Elderly Systemic Sclerosis. Clinical Presentation and Outcome
Miriam Retuerto Guerrero¹, Clara Moriano², cristiana sieiro santos³, Ismael Gonzalez⁴, Ignacio Gonzalez Fernandez⁵, Carolina Díez Morrondo⁵, Carolina Alvarez Castro⁶, Paula Perez Garcia⁵, Jose Ordas Martínez⁵, Pedro Baenas Gonzalez⁵ and elvira Diez álvarez⁵, ¹Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Leon, Spain, ²Hospital León, LEON, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, Leon, Spain, ⁴Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Leon, León, Spain, ⁵Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Leon, Leon, ⁶Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Leon, Leon, Spain
Background/Purpose: Immunosenescence refers to the gradual deterioration of the immune system associated with aging, leading to an increased incidence of infections, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.…
Abstract Number: 0740 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of an Accelerated Physical Aging Phenotype in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Patricia Harkins¹, Sharon Cowley², seoidin McKittrick³, Robert Harrington⁴, David Kane⁵ and Richard Conway⁶, ¹Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ⁴St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D24, Ireland, ⁶Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease in older adults, and aging has been postulated to be central to its pathophysiology.…
Abstract Number: 2606 • ACR Convergence 2024
Changes in Long-term GC Use Among Older Adults After New Diagnosis of Late-onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiha Lee¹, Jonathan Martindale¹, Beth Wallace², Namrata Singh³, Una Makris⁴ and Julie Bynum¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ⁴UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Older adults with late-onset rheumatoid arthritis (LORA) receive less disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), which is the standard of care. In contrast, long-term glucocorticoid (GC)…
Abstract Number: 1850 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long-term Glucocorticoid Use in a Cohort of Elderly Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Joint Analysis of Medicare and the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Data
Andriko Palmowski¹, Eric Roberts², Jing Li², Emma Kersey², Rachael Stovall², Frank Buttgereit³, Jinoos Yazdany⁴ and Gabriela Schmajuk⁵, ¹Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Charité Universitätsmedizin, Dept. Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany, ⁴University of California, General Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ⁵UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: According to recent ACR and EULAR rheumatoid arthritis (RA) guidelines, glucocorticoids (GCs) should only be used for brief periods or not at all. Our…
Abstract Number: 0311 • ACR Convergence 2023
Heterogeneity and Natural History of Medial Fixed Joint Space Width in Healthy Knees Among Women and Men: Data from Three Large Cohort Studies
Kent Kwoh¹, Erin Ashbeck², Edward Bedrick¹, Yvonne Golightly³, Zong-Ming Li¹, Jean liew⁴, Amanda Nelson⁵, Tuhina Neogi⁶, Xiaoxiao Sun¹ and Jeffrey Duryea⁷, ¹University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁵University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Radiographic joint space width (JSW) is commonly used to assess structural progression in randomized controlled trials and observational studies of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). No…
Abstract Number: 2091 • ACR Convergence 2023
Reach and Representativeness of Participants in an Evidence-Based, Community-Delivered Physical Activity Intervention in Adults with Arthritis
Dina Jones¹ and Jennifer Hootman², ¹West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, ²Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: It is imperative that adults with arthritis and other chronic conditions are active enough to maintain health. Enhance®Fitness (EF) is an evidence-based physical activity…
Abstract Number: 0403 • ACR Convergence 2023
Disease Activity Is Associated with Frailty in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Courtney Loecker¹, Bryant England², Punyasha Roul², Namrata Singh³, Kaleb Michaud², Lani Zimmerman⁴, Myra Schmaderer⁴, Grant Cannon⁵, Ted R Mikuls⁶, Gary Kunkel⁷, Ariela Orkaby⁸, Joshua Baker⁹ and K Wysham¹⁰, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center;VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Lincoln, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, NE, ⁵University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷VA Salt Lake City & University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Boston, MA, ⁹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Frailty, defined as an increased vulnerability to stressors and adverse health outcomes, is an emerging concept in RA. Active RA disease gives rise to…
Abstract Number: 2117 • ACR Convergence 2023
Frailty Is Associated with Mortality in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sayuli Bhide¹, Punyasha Roul², Namrata Singh³, Grant Cannon⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, Ted R Mikuls⁶, Bryant England², Dolores Shoback⁷, Patti Katz⁸, Jose Garcia⁹, Ariela Orkaby¹⁰, Joshua Baker¹¹ and K Wysham¹², ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁸University of California San Francisco, San Rafael, CA, ⁹VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Boston, MA, ¹¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Frailty is established as an important predictor of mortality in the general population.1Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with higher rates of frailty than the…
Abstract Number: 0431 • ACR Convergence 2023
Senescence and Cell Exhaustion in CD4+ and CD8+ Lymphocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Remission Without Treatment
Rodolfo Jiménez-Soto¹, Luis llorente², Guadalupe Lima¹, Luisa Alanis Saenz¹, Amairani Gomez Rodriguez¹, Hilda Marin Lopez¹, Erik Cimé-Aké¹ and Juan Jakez-Ocampo¹, ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Departamento de Inmunología y Reumatología, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: T cells are important among the several risk factors and immunological markers implicated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The goal of this study was to…
Abstract Number: 2127 • ACR Convergence 2023
Associations Between Rheumatoid Arthritis, Frailty Status and Mortality in Older Adults with Bladder Cancer
Maya Swaminathan¹, Sarah Holt², John Gore², Yaw Nyame², Jonathan Wright², George Schade², Ami Shah³, Jeffrey Sparks⁴, Una Makris⁵, Petros Grivas⁶, Maria Suarez-Almazor⁷, Sarah Psutka² and Namrata Singh⁸, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ⁶Division of Medical Oncology, Dept. of Medicine, UW; Clinical Research Division; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, ⁷MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁸University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of developing certain cancers, including bladder cancer (Beydon et al. 20231). However, few studies have…
Abstract Number: 0433 • ACR Convergence 2023
DMARD Initiation in Older Adults with New Diagnosis of Late-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiha Lee¹, Jonathan Martindale¹, Una Makris², Namrata Singh³, Raymond Yung⁴ and Julie Bynum¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ³University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ⁴Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The number of older adults living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is growing as the world population is aging. Up to one-third of the older…

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