Abstracts tagged "Co-morbidities"

Abstract Number: 1351 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mortality and Prognostic Factors of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases
Mitsuhiro Akiyama¹, Yuko Kaneko² and Tsutomu Takeuchi², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine,, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is one of the severe opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. PCP is still a leading cause of death in patients with…
Abstract Number: 3187 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Societal Costs and Patients’ Experience of Health Inequities from Psoriatic Arthritis: A Danish Cohort Study
Lars Erik Kristensen¹, Tanja S Jørgensen², Robin Christensen³, Henrik Gudbergsen⁴, Lene Dreyer⁵, Christine Ballegaard⁶, Lennart T.H. Jacobsson⁷, Vibeke Strand⁸, Philip J Mease⁹ and Jakob Kjellberg¹⁰, ¹Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Dept. of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Knowledge Centre for Telemedicine and Departments of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Glostrup, Frederiksberg and Bispebjerg, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁵Internal Medicine - Rheumatology Section, Copenhagen University Hospital at Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶The Parker institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁸Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a chronic inflammatory joint disorder typically affecting individuals with psoriasis of the skin, is associated with severe comorbidities, reduced quality of…
Abstract Number: 1457 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Onset Morbidity and Mortality in Female Tumor Necrosis Factor Transgenic Mice with Inflammatory-Erosive Arthritis and Interstitial Lung Disease
Richard Bell¹, Emily Wu², Ronald Wood³, Joe Chakkalakal², Javier Rangel-Moreno⁴, Maria de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez², Christopher T. Ritchlin⁵, Edward Schwarz⁶ and Homaira Rahimi⁷, ¹Center for Musculoskelatal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochaester, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁴Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁵Allergy Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁶Orthopedeatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁷Rheumatology, University of Rochester/Golisano Children's Hosp, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Although exacerbated morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is frequently seen in women, the etiology of this sexual dimorphism remains unclear. Previously, we…
Abstract Number: 1519 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Much, and When, Does Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Increase the Risk of RA, and Does RA-Onset Impact the Risk of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease?
Kristin Waldenlind¹, Saedis Saevarsdottir¹, Camilla Bengtsson² and Johan Askling¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Environmental medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is one of the most common autoimmune diseases, and occurs more often than expected in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 1555 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
E-Comorbidity: Evaluation of the Validity of Electronic Comorbidity Assessment in Identifying Comorbid Conditions Among Patients with Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis
Yasser M. El Miedany¹, Maha El Gaafary^2,3, Sally Youssef⁴, Sami Bahlas⁵, Mohammed Hegazi⁶ and Ihab Ahmed⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, United Kingdom, ²Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Egypt, ³Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁴Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Departmennt, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁵Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁶Medicine, Al Adan Hospital, Kuwait, Kuwait, ⁷Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Background/Purpose: 1. to assess the validity of an electronically comorbidity assessment strategy to identify comorbid conditions among RA and PsA patients in standard practice. 2.…
Abstract Number: 1556 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of the Burden of Comorbidities By the Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Disease Onset
Veerle Stouten¹, Diederik De Cock¹, Rene Westhovens^1,2, Johan Joly², Kristien Van der Elst^2,3 and Patrick Verschueren^1,2, ¹KU Leuven Department of Development and Regeneration, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Leuven, Belgium, ²Rheumatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ³KU Leuven, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is associated with a high prevalence of comorbidities, negatively affecting outcomes like disease activity and physical function. However, not all comorbid…
Abstract Number: 2027 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association of Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Walking with Incident Poor Health Outcomes over Two Years in People with or at High Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis
Sally Fenton^1,2, Joan Duda³, Rainer Klocke⁴, Abishek Abishek⁵, Alison Rushton³, Michael Doherty⁶, Weiya Zhang⁷, George D. Kitas², Tuhina Neogi⁸, Michael Nevitt⁹, Cora E Lewis¹⁰, James Torner¹¹, Dorothy D. Dunlop¹² and Daniel White¹³, ¹School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, United Kingdom, ³School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology Department, The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, United Kingdom, ⁵Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Clinical Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁹Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹¹University of Iowa, UIowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹²Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ¹³Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: Regular engagement in physical activity reduces the risk adverse health outcomes such as cardiovascular diseases, functional limitation, and depression in people with knee osteoarthritis…
Abstract Number: 2171 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Rates of Hypertension in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Compared to Psoriasis Alone: Results from the UK Biobank
Eftychia Bellou¹, Suzanne M.M. Verstappen², Michael Cook³, Jamie C Sergeant^3,4, Richard B. Warren⁵, Anne Barton^1,4 and John Bowes¹, ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis associated with the presence of psoriasis. Both conditions are influenced by lifestyle factors such as alcohol…
Abstract Number: 3164 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease and Associated Medical Co-Morbidities in the Veteran Population
Crystal Kleiber Balderrama¹, Daniel S. Lans², Ann K. Rosenthal^1,3 and Christie M. Bartels⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, ³Division of Rheumatology, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, ⁴Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Title: Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease and Associated Medical Co-Morbidities in the Veteran Population. Background/Purpose: Precipitation of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPP) crystals in articular tissues…
Abstract Number: 3257 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Link Between DAS28 and the Short-Term Risk of Acute Coronary Syndrome in RA, and Its Driving Factors
Lotta Ljung^1,2, Thomas Frisell³ and Johan Askling^3,4, ¹Department of Medicine, Solna, Clinical epidemiology unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department for Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ³Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The extent to which a short-term effect of the disease activity adds to the over-risk of coronary events in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)…
Abstract Number: 29 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of Multimorbidity in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis – a Population-Based Study
Helga Radner^1,2, Rishi Desai³, Theodore Tsacogianis⁴, Daniel H. Solomon⁵ and Seoyoung C. Kim⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Internal Medicine III; Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³PharmacoEpidemiology & PharmacoEconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvenia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Limited information exists whether RA patients are likely to develop more morbid conditions after RA diagnosis compared to those without RA and the…
Abstract Number: 381 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Associations Between Vitamin D Insufficiency, Osteoporotic Fractures and Comorbidites
Eugenio Chamizo Carmona¹, Juan Jose Aznar Sánchez^1,2, Raul Veroz Gonzalez², Tamara Libertad Rodriguez Araya¹, Piter José Cossio Jimenez² and Sara María Rojas Herrera³, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital de Mérida, Mérida, Spain, ²Hospital de Mérida, Mérida, Spain, ³Rheumatolotgy, Hospital de Mérida, Mérida, Spain
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalence, especially in adults and elderly population. There is controversy about its relationship with increased cardiovascular risk, osteoporosis and…
Abstract Number: 659 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does the Inclusion of Extra-Articular Manifestations Improve Validity of the Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire Modified for Spondyloarthritis (SpA-SCQ)? Results from ASAS-Comospa
Ivette Essers^1,2, Carmen Stolwijk^1,2, Adrien Etcheto³, Anna Molto⁴, Filip van Den Bosch⁵, Désirée van der Heijde⁶, Robert B.M. Landewé^7,8, Astrid van Tubergen^1,2, Maxime Dougados^4,9 and Annelies Boonen^1,10, ¹School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ³Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁴Hopital Cochin, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ¹⁰Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The self-administered comorbidity questionnaire (SCQ) was developed to understand the impact of 13 common comorbidities on functioning and resource utilisation. In patients with ankylosing…
Abstract Number: 826 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Sclerosis Inpatient Mortality Has Not Improved from 1995-2011. Results from a National Irish Audit of Scleroderma Co-Morbidities.
Len Harty¹, Deirdre Fitzgerald², Michael Henry², John Ryan³ and Sinead Harney³, ¹Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland, ²Respiratory, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland, ³Rheumatology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Despite the advent of potent immunosuppressive and vasoactive therapies it is not clear that longevity of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has improved. Therefore…
Abstract Number: 912 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Secondary Preventive Pharmacotherapy and Longterm Outcomes Following Acute Coronary Events in Patients with Prevalent Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ängla Mantel¹, Marie Holmqvist¹, Tomas Jernberg², Solveig Wållberg-Jonsson³ and Johan Askling^4,5, ¹Dept of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Dept of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Section of Cardiology, Department of medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology, Institution of Public health and clinical medicine/ Rheumatology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Suboptimal use of secondary preventive pharmacotherapies after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been suggested to contribute to an…

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