Abstracts tagged "body composition"

Abstract Number: 2501 • ACR Convergence 2025
Microvascular dysfunction contributes to hand bone deterioration in SSc patients
Rosanna Campitiello¹, Sabrina Paolino², Andrea Casabella³, Giulia Davoli², Elisa Caratto⁴, Emanuele Gotelli¹, Elvis Hysa⁵, Carmen Pizzorni², Vanessa Smith⁶, Alberto Sulli² and Maurizio Cutolo⁷, ¹University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, ²University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ³IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy, ⁴Univeristy of Genoa, Alessandria, Italy, ⁵University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁷University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by endothelial dysfunction, self-reactive immune response and progressive systemic fibrosis1. It is well established that…
Abstract Number: 2340 • ACR Convergence 2025
Lighten the Load: Artificial Intelligence Reveals Body Mass Index Outranks Treatment in One-Year Psoriatic Arthritis Outcomes—Findings from the SPEED Trial
Alexander Garaiman¹, Sophia Massa¹, Elnaz Saeedi², Nicola Gullick³, William Tillett⁴, Raphaël Hurtubise¹, jean-guillaume letarouilly⁵ and Laura Coates⁶, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Oxford, ³Rheumatology Department, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK, Coventry, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Therapeutic Innovation, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁵Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁶Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Personalizing care in early psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is challenging. We set out to identify predictors of one-year response on the PASDAS using AI-based methods…
Abstract Number: 1885 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sex-specific Associations of Anthropometrics, Smoking and Eduction with the Risk of Rheumatoid Athritis: A Nested Case-Control Study
Carl Turesson¹, Linnea arvidsson², Emil Rydell¹ and Ulf Bergström³, ¹Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ²Lund University, Malmö, ³Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Smoking is an established risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and there is also evidence for an association with socioeconomic factors. As RA is…
Abstract Number: 1557 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association between Thoracic Muscle and Fat Area and Density and Pulmonary Function in Systemic Sclerosis
Aradhna Agarwal¹, Niki Pradhan¹, James St. Clair², Dinesh Khanna³ and Elana Bernstein⁴, ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Columbia University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Little is known about the association between body composition and…
Abstract Number: 1383 • ACR Convergence 2025
Obesity in Primary Sjogren’s Disease
Gabriela Hernandez-Molina¹, Donaji Gómez-Velasco², Ariel Garcia-Torralba², Carlos Aguilar-Salinas² and Ivette Cruz-Bautista², ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Obesity is an excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. Little is known about the relationship between obesity and Sjögren’s disease (SjD).…
Abstract Number: 0635 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparison of the SARC-F with Objective Measures of Sarcopenia in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sarah Lieber¹, Neha Nagpal¹, Julia Nguyen², Ashley Chung², Dongmei Sun¹, John Carrino³, M. Carrington Reid⁴ and Lisa Mandl¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ³Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Sarcopenia, i.e., loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, has been associated with multiple adverse health outcomes, including mortality. We have previously demonstrated associations…
Abstract Number: 0388 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Association Between Body Composition and Disease and Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results from the CAPRI Registry
Samantha Morin¹, KAREN BEATTIE², Roxana Bolaria³, Tania Cellucci⁴, Gaelle Chedeville⁵, Amieleena Chhabra⁶, Paul Dancey⁷, Tommy Gerschman⁸, Liane Heale⁹, Julie Herrington², Adam Huber¹⁰, Mehul Jariwala¹¹, Jean-Philippe Proulx-Gauthier¹², Dax Rumsey¹³, Heinrike Schmeling¹⁴, Jaime Guzman¹⁵ and Michelle Batthish⁴, and CAPRI Registry Investigators, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Victoria Arthritis Center, Victoria, BC, Canada, ⁴McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶University of British Columbia, Penticton, BC, Canada, ⁷Memorial University, St. John's, Canada, ⁸University of British Columbia - Vancouver, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹McMaster University, Oakville, ON, Canada, ¹⁰IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹¹Jim Pattison Children's Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada, ¹²CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ¹³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁵University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Recent evidence has linked abnormal body weight, underweight or obesity, with poor disease outcomes in adults with inflammatory arthritis. Yet, little is known about…
Abstract Number: 0560 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between a Self-Report Screening Tool for Sarcopenia (SARC-F) and Disease Activity, Muscle Strength and Muscle Power Measures, Patient-Reported Outcomes and Body Composition in Patients with Spondyloarthritides
Iuliia Kononenko¹, Marius Bedei², Bjoern Buehring³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁴ and Uta Kiltz⁵, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Bochum, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Herne, Germany, ³Bergisches Rheuma-Zentrum, Wuppertal, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University, D-44649 Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: The SARC-F is a self-report screening tool for sarcopenia (Sar) used to identify individuals at risk for poor functional outcomes [1]. The aim of this study was…
Abstract Number: 0598 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cardio-metabolic Effects of Apremilast in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: A Prospective Cohort Study
Eva van Geel¹, Romy Hansildaar², Fatih Çoban¹, Bas Dijkshoorn¹, Maaike Heslinga¹, Reinhard Bos³, Mies Korteweg¹, Arno Van Kuijk¹ and Michael Nurmohamed⁴, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ⁴Reade and Amsterdam UMC, Kortenhoef, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is associated with metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Studies have suggested that treatment with apremilast is associated with weight loss and other…
Abstract Number: 0992 • ACR Convergence 2024
Visceral Adipose Tissue Measured by DXA Predicts Metabolic Syndrome in Low-Income Community-Dwelling Elderly: Insights from the São Paulo Ageing & Health (SPAH) Study
Gabriel Vansuita Valente¹, Luana Machado¹, Andre Franco², Valeria Caparbo¹, Liliam Takayama³, Alan Lins Fernandes¹, Camille Figueiredo¹, Rosa M R Pereira¹ and Diogo Domiciano², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR., São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Background/Purpose: To establish optimal cutoffs for visceral adipose tissue (VAT) to predict cardiometabolic risk in a low-income elderly Brazilian cohort, utilizing dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)…
Abstract Number: 1192 • ACR Convergence 2024
Relationship Between Measures of Fat Mass and Knee Osteoarthritis Incidence: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis (MOST) Study
Kristine Godziuk¹, Sarah Tilley², mike LaValley³, Douglas Kiel⁴, Michael Nevitt⁵, C.E. Lewis⁶, James Torner⁷ and Tuhina Neogi², ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, ⁴Hebrew SeniorLife and Department of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵UCSF, Orinda, CA, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Iowa, Iowa City
Background/Purpose: Obesity [defined by body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2] is an established risk factor for incident radiographic knee OA (ROA). However, the relative contributions…
Abstract Number: 1348 • ACR Convergence 2024
Analysis of Body Composition in Patients with Moderate-Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Anti-TNF Drugs
Aimara García-Studer¹, Fernando Ortiz-Márquez¹, Paula Borregón-Garrido¹, Arkaitz Mucientes-Ruiz¹, Sara Manrique-Arija¹ and Natalia Mena Vázquez², ¹Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA)-Bionand Platform, Department of Rheumatology, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, ²IBIMA, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have described alterations in fat and lean mass in patients with RA, but the effect of treatments on body composition remains unclear.…
Abstract Number: 2070 • ACR Convergence 2024
Increased Circulating Levels of Fatty Acid-binding Proteins as a Potential Biomarker of Disease Damage in Inflammatory Myopathies Patients
Margherita Giannini¹, Anne-Laure Charles², Julien Blaess³, Rose-Marie Javier⁴, Bernard Geny⁵ and Alain Meyer⁶, ¹UR3072, Physiology Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ²UR3072, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ³Physiology Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, STRASBOURG, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, STRASBOURG, France, ⁵UR3072, Physiology Department, University Hospital of StrasbourgUniversity Hospital of Strasbourg, STRASBOURG, France, ⁶UR3072, Physiology Department, Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: In inflammatory myopathies (IM), although several treatments effectively control disease activity, a high proportion of patients display sustained disability (damage). Damage might be reversed…
Abstract Number: 0294 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tofacitinib Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated with Increased Lower Limb Muscle Volume: The Rheumatoid Arthritis and Muscle (RAMUS) Study
Joshua L Bennett¹, Kieren G Hollingsworth², Arthur Pratt³, Maha Egail³, Catherine Feeney⁴, Valeria Di Leo⁴, Robert W Taylor⁴, Richard Dodds⁵, Amy E Anderson³, Avan Aihie Sayer⁵ and John Isaacs⁶, ¹Immunity and Inflammation Theme, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ²Innovation Methodology and Application Theme, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ³Immunity and Inflammation Theme, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁴Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁵AGE Research Group, NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁶Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University and Musculoskeletal Unit, Newcastle Hospitals, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Approximately 1 in 4 people with RA have sarcopenia, defined as generalised loss of skeletal muscle (SKM) strength and mass, resulting in an increased…
Abstract Number: 0334 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association of a Self-Report Screening Tool for Sarcopenia (SARC-F) with Functional Status Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sarah Lieber¹, Yvonne Shea², Deanna Jannat-Khah², John Carrino², M. Carrington Reid³ and Lisa Mandl¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Sarcopenia, i.e., loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, has been associated with multiple adverse health outcomes, including mortality. Although limited data suggest that…

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