Abstracts tagged "Arthritis and epidemiologic methods"

Abstract Number: 2190 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
War and Arthritis
Rohan Sharma¹, Casey Cooper², Kaustubh Chaudhari³, Sixia Chen⁴ and R. Hal Scofield⁵, ¹Medicine and Public Health, Univeristy of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Medicine, Departhment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Veterans have increased predilection for multiple health conditions. We undertook this study to investigate the possible association of participation in active military duty in…