Abstracts tagged "Comorbidity"

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: 0002 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine and Hospitalizations for Viral Infection in the Pre-COVID-19 Era
Cristiano Moura¹, Marina Machado¹, Celline Almeida-Brasil¹, Jeffrey R Curtis², Kevin Winthrop³, Michal Abrahamowicz¹ and Sasha Bernatsky⁴, ¹McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁴The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been shown to have antiviral properties and were considered as potential therapeutic options amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
Abstract Number: 0663 • ACR Convergence 2020
Analysis of Common Gout Comorbidities in the UK Biobank Cohort Reveals Sex-Specific Effects and Genetic Differentiation
Nicholas Sumpter¹, Murray Cadzow², Alexander So³, Richard Reynolds¹ and Tony Merriman², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ³University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to estimate the extent to which gout associated genetic variants are associated with the presence/absence of common comorbidities in gout patients…
Abstract Number: 1449 • ACR Convergence 2020
Altered Splicing in Leukocytes from Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome with Lupus: Clinical Involvement
Alejandra Maria Patiño-Trives¹, Alejandro Ibáñez-Costa², Carlos Pérez-Sánchez¹, Laura Pérez-Sanchez³, Maria Luque-Tevar¹, Iván Arias de la Rosa¹, María-Carmen Abalos-Aguilera¹, Desirée Ruiz-Vilchez⁴, Pedro Segui⁵, Mario Espinosa⁵, Nuria Barbarroja¹, Eduardo Collantes⁴, Justo P. Castaño⁵, Raul M Luque⁵, María de los ángeles Aguirre-Zamorano⁵ and Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/ Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, ³Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/ Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba
Background/Purpose: To identify shared and differential changes in the splicing machinery of immune cells from antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid syndrome…
Abstract Number: 0177 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Hydroxychloroquine Use with Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Nicholas Wiemer¹, Rebecca Schorr², Mary Chester Wasko³ and Tarun Sharma¹, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Highmark, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common form of liver disease, refers to a spectrum of conditions which includes non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL),…
Abstract Number: 0678 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patient Characteristics and Patterns of Urate-lowering Treatments in Older Patients with Incident Gout
Kazuki Yoshida¹, Jun Liu², Daniel H Solomon³ and Seoyoung Kim³, ¹Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout is a common inflammatory arthritis caused by monosodium urate crystal deposition in the joints. Despite this well-understood pathophysiologic mechanism of disease and ACR and EULAR…
Abstract Number: 1466 • ACR Convergence 2020
Multimorbidity in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Gout, and Osteoarthritis Within the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry
Bryant England¹, Huifeng Yun², Lang Chen³, Kaleb Michaud¹, Ted Mikuls¹ and Jeffrey R Curtis², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) often predispose the development of other chronic conditions, resulting in multimorbidity. While multimorbidity is increasingly being recognized and examined…
Abstract Number: 0178 • ACR Convergence 2020
Associations of Multimorbidity with DMARD Initiation and Achieving Target Disease Activity Thresholds in Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cohort Study Using the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry
Bryant England¹, Huifeng Yun², Lang Chen³, Kaleb Michaud¹, Ted Mikuls¹ and Jeffrey R Curtis², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Although a treat-to-target strategy is endorsed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment guidelines, its routine implementation in real-world settings, particularly in the context of multimorbidity,…
Abstract Number: 0694 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relationships Among Adherence and Patient Outcomes in a Cognitive Behavioral Plus Physical Activity Intervention for Older Adults with Osteoarthritis and Hypertension
Xiaojun Shi¹, Elizabeth Schlenk² and Susan Sereika¹, ¹University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, ²University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK) affects nearly 14 million older adults and more than half are diagnosed with hypertension (HTN). Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)…

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