Abstracts tagged "Comorbidity"

Abstract Number: 1950 • ACR Convergence 2022
Morbidities Associated with Serious Infections in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Bradly Kimbrough¹, Cynthia Crowson², Ryan Lennon³, John Davis³ and Elena Myasoedova³, ¹Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk for serious infections. Several infection risk scores have been developed over the last decade for…
Abstract Number: 0396 • ACR Convergence 2021
Esophageal Involvement and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Patients with SSc-ILD: Data from a Sub-Study of the SENSCIS Trial
Michael Kreuter¹, Dinesh Khanna², Christopher Ryerson³, Stephen Humphries⁴, Tohru Takeuchi⁵, Mark Hamblin⁶, Dag Wormanns⁷, Carina Ittrich⁸, Frank Risse⁸, Margarida Alves⁹ and David Lynch⁴, ¹Center for Interstitial and Rare Lung Diseases, Pneumology and Respiratory Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Medicine & Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Department of Radiology, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁵Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan, ⁶University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS, ⁷Evangelische Lungenklinik, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, ⁹Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: Upper gastrointestinal involvement such as esophageal dilation is frequently observed in patients with SSc-ILD and may be associated with the presence or severity of…
Abstract Number: 1123 • ACR Convergence 2021
“It’s a Dance Between Managing Both [Diabetes and Osteoarthritis]”: A Qualitative Study Exploring Perspectives of Persons with Knee Osteoarthritis and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on the Impact of Osteoarthritis on Diabetes Management and Daily Life
Lauren King¹, Esther Waugh¹, Crystal McKay¹, Ian Stanaitis² and Gillian Hawker¹, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The links between osteoarthritis (OA) and other common chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), are increasingly being appreciated in epidemiological studies.…
Abstract Number: 0446 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Characteristics, Including History of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke, Among US PMO Women Initiating Treatment with Romosozumab and Other Anti-osteoporosis Therapies
Jay Lin¹, Carrie Nielson¹, Mary Oates¹, Cynthia Deignan² and Zhigang Yu¹, ¹Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ²Amgen, Inc., Agoura Hills, CA
Background/Purpose: This study is an ongoing USFDA post-marketing requirement (2020-2024) to assess the impact of boxed warning on romosozumab (romo) treatment and the feasibility of…
Abstract Number: 1198 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultrasonography of the Median Nerve in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Under Suspicion of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Styliani Tsiami¹, Efthymia Ntasiou², Christos Krogias², Ralf Gold², Jürgen Braun¹, Michael Sarholz³ and Xenofon Baraliakos¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²St. Josef-Hospital, Bochum and Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, Bochum, Germany, ³Klinik fuer Rheumatologie, St. Marien-Hospital Vreden, Vreden, Germany
Background/Purpose: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common nerve compression syndrome and a common extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Different causes of CTS…
Abstract Number: 0483 • ACR Convergence 2021
Frequent Use of Prescription Oral NSAIDs Among People with Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis Despite Contraindications to or Precautions with NSAIDs
Tuhina Neogi¹, Andrea Dell'isola², Martin Englund² and Aleksandra Turkiewicz², ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Oral NSAIDs are recommended for OA management. However, many patients with OA have contraindications to NSAIDs or have comorbidities that warrant precaution. Because few…
Abstract Number: 1309 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of the Number of Comorbidities on the Outcome Measures and on the Retention Rate of the First Anti-TNF in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Two-year Follow-up REGISPONSER-AS
Mara ngeles Puche Larrubia¹, M.Lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda¹, Pilar Font², Alejandro Escudero Contreras³, Eduardo Collantes-Estevez² and Clementina López Medina⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía/IMIBIC/Universidad de Córdoba., Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Reina Sofia Hospital, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain/ Department of Rheumatology, University of Paris, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: a) To evaluate the impact of the number of comorbidities on the outcome measures after two years of follow-up in patients with ankylosing spondylitis…
Abstract Number: 0494 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Distribution of Social Deprivation, Distance to Care and Disease Burden in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in the United States
Sharon Dowell¹, Huifeng Yun², Jeffrey Curtis³, Lang Chen⁴, Manuela Pedra-Nobre⁵, Dianne Wollaston⁶, SAWSAN NAJMEY⁷, Cynthia Lawrence-Elliott⁸, Theresa Lawrence-Ford⁹, Heather North¹⁰, Robin Dore¹¹, Soha Dolatabadi¹², Thaila Ramanujam¹³, Anne Winkler¹⁴, Stacy Kennedy¹⁵, Stephanie Ott¹⁶, Stephanie Ledbetter¹⁷, Grace Wright¹⁸ and Gail Kerr¹⁹, ¹Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁵North Jersey Rheum. Center, Westfield, NJ, ⁶Memorial Advanced Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁷Midstate Rheumatology Center, PA, Freehold, NJ, ⁸North Georgia Rheum Group, Atlanta, GA, ⁹North Georgia Rheum Group, Atlanta, MD, ¹⁰Pardee UNC, Hendersonville, NC, ¹¹Robin K. Dore, MD Inc, Tustin, CA, ¹²Soha Dolatabadi, MD, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³Santa Cruz Rheumatology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, ¹⁴Winkler Medical Practice, Springfield, MO, ¹⁵Rowan Diagnostic Clinic, Concord, NC, ¹⁶Fairfield Medical Center, Carroll, OH, ¹⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁸Grace C Wright MD PC, and Association of Women in Rheumatology, New York, NY, ¹⁹Washington D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: The overall success of RA therapy is dependent on access to specialty care, insurance coverage and effective management of associated comorbidities. Whether RA disease…
Abstract Number: 1313 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Impact of Comorbidities on Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Cluster Analysis
Seulkee Lee, Seonyoung Kang, Yeonghee Eun, Hyungjin Kim, Hoon-Suk Cha, Eun-Mi Koh and Jaejoon Lee, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Previous study using cluster analysis technique analyzed the association between comorbidities and various outcome measures in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Due to the…
Abstract Number: 0495 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Multimorbidity Between Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Comparators in a Large Nationwide US Study
Ali Duarte-Garcia¹, Herbert Heien¹, Nilay Shah¹ and Cynthia Crowson², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased burden of multimorbidity. Racial/ethnic disparities have also been associated with an increased burden of multimorbidity.…
Abstract Number: 1326 • ACR Convergence 2021
Epidemiology of Comorbidities in an Incident Psoriasis Cohort: A Population-Based Study
Paras Karmacharya¹, Rikesh Chakradhar², Alexis Ogdie³, John Davis², Kerry Wright², Megha M. Tollefson², Ali Duarte-Garcia², Delamo Bekele², Hilal Maradit Kremers², Floranne Ernste², Tina Gunderson², Cassondra Hulshizer² and Cynthia Crowson⁴, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis, a chronic immune-mediated skin disease affecting 2-4% of the US population, is increasingly recognized as a systemic inflammatory disorder associated with cardiometabolic and…
Abstract Number: 0574 • ACR Convergence 2021
Prevalence and Early Progression of Lung Diseases in Patients with Recently-Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Cohort Study
Tina Mahajan¹, Daniel Hershberger¹, Matt Devries², Punyasha Roul¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Sherrie Edwards¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹, Ted Mikuls¹, James O'Dell¹ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
Background/Purpose: Several types of lung diseases complicate the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease course such as interstitial lung disease (ILD) and obstructive lung diseases. The prevalence…
Abstract Number: 1416 • ACR Convergence 2021
Dysregulated Glucose Metabolism and Dyslipidemia in GCA and PMR Patients at Diagnosis
Idil Esen¹, Philip Therkildsen², Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen², Anna van 't Ende¹, Annemieke Boots¹, Peter Heeringa¹, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge², Elisabeth Brouwer¹ and Yannick van Sleen³, ¹University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the large and medium vasculitis that affects elderly people GCA frequently overlaps with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). PMR is a…
Abstract Number: 0577 • ACR Convergence 2021
Comorbidity Burden as Scored Using the Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index (RDCI) Is Associated with Varying Treatment Patterns in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis – a Study Using the EHR-Derived Rheumatic and Arthritis Disease Information Registry (RADIR)
Diviya Rajesh, Deanna Jannat-Khah, Huong Do, Jonah Levine, Medha Barbhaiya, Lisa Mandl and Vivian Bykerk, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Higher comorbidity burden (CB) has been associated with treatment choices in RA, but not assessed in populations including multiple forms of inflammatory arthritis (IA)…
Abstract Number: 1427 • ACR Convergence 2021
Reduction of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality versus Risk of New Onset Diabetes with Statin Use in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gulsen Ozen¹, Sophie Dell’Aniello², Sofia Pedro³, Kaleb Michaud⁴ and Samy Suissa⁵, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE, ²Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Research Institute - Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Research Institute - Jewish General Hospital;Depts of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The risks of death and of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are increased in RA mainly due to inflammation mediated accelerated cardiovascular disease (CVD)…

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