Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and atherosclerosis"

Abstract Number: 1006 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Vaspin rs35262691 Is Associated with Atherosclerotic Disease in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients
Fernanda Genre¹, Javier Rueda-Gotor ¹, Sara Remuzgo-Martinez ¹, Veronica Pulito-Cueto ¹, Alfonso Corrales ¹, Veronica Mijares ¹, Leticia Lera-Gomez ¹, Virginia Portilla ¹, Rosa Expósito ², Cristina Mata ², Iván Ferraz-Amaro ³, Vanesa Hernández-Hernández ³, Santos Castañeda ⁴, Esther Vicente-Rabaneda ⁵, Cristina Fernández-Carballido ⁶, M. Paz Martínez-Vidal ⁷, David Castro-Corredor ⁸, Joaquín Anino-Fernández ⁸, Juan Quevedo-Abeledo ⁹, Carlos Rodríguez-Lozano ⁹, Ricardo Blanco ¹⁰, María Luz García-Vivar ¹¹, Eva Galíndez-Agirregoikoa ¹¹, Javier Llorca ¹², Raquel López-Mejías ¹ and Miguel Angel González-Gay ¹³, ¹Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital Comarcal de Laredo, Laredo, Spain, Laredo, Spain, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, Tenerife, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, Alicante, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, Alicante, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Division, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain, Ciudad Real, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁰Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, Bilbao, Spain, ¹²School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain, ¹³Universidad de Cantabria and IDIVAL, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Vaspin is a novel adipokine with insulin-sensitizing functions that exerts anti-inflammatory actions1,2. It has been associated with cardiovascular (CV) disease, CV risk factors and…
Abstract Number: 2322 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Toward Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Use of Regression Tree Analyses to Evaluate Impact of Serum Biomarkers and Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Carotid Intima Media Thickness
Kimberly Liang¹, Yaming Li ¹, Suresh Mulukutla ¹, Steven Reis ¹, Marc Levesque ¹, Donald Jones ¹, Rachel Gartland ¹, Jennifer Avolio ¹, Ali Hakim Shoushtari ¹, Flordeliza Villanueva ¹, Larry Moreland ¹ and Douglas Landsittel ², ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, RI
Background/Purpose: Both traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and disease-related factors contribute to the increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Mechanisms of…