Abstracts tagged "body mass and inflammation"

Abstract Number: 1948 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Evaluation of Body Composition Parameters in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Association of Fat Mass Parameters with Disease Activity and Inflammatory Markers
Mariana O Perez¹, Valeria F Caparbo², Mauricio Levy-Neto² and Rosa M R Pereira², ¹Rheumatology Divison, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, Wegener´s) patients are more exposed to traditional cardiovascular risk factor, including obesity. In rheumatic diseases, inflammation has been associated with…