Abstracts tagged "Comorbidity"

Abstract Number: 1636 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Impact of Arthritis on Self-Management Activities of West Virginia Adults with Type 2 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dina Maruca¹, Teresa Brady², Gerald Hobbs, Jr.¹ and Ranjita Misra¹, ¹West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, ²Clarity Consulting and Communications, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: One-third of adults with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) also have arthritis. West Virginia (WV), the 3rd most rural US state, has the highest prevalence…
Abstract Number: 0528 • ACR Convergence 2025
Apolipoprotein A1 and B Levels Indicate Specific Lipid Changes In Early Treatment Naïve Psoriatic Arthritis and Correlate With 1-year Disease Activity
Alla Ishchenko¹, Margot Van Mechelen², Barbara Neerinkx¹, Patrick Verschueren³, Rik Lories¹ and Kurt de Vlam⁴, ¹KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²UZA Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, ³Rheumatology, University Hospital Leuven and Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Centre, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁴KU Leuven, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is associated with increased cardiovascular risk and a pro-atherogenic lipid profile. We hypothesize that alterations in lipid metabolism combined with systemic…
Abstract Number: 2252 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association between frailty and survival among older adults with rheumatoid arthritis and lung cancer
Michelle Nguyen¹, Aaron Baraff², Alexander Peterson², Alexandra Schmidt², Katherine Wysham³, Aliyah Pabani⁴, Carolyn Presley⁵, Nicholas Smith¹, Shelly Gray¹, Jose Garcia⁶, Ariela Orkaby⁷ and Namrata Singh¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴Johns Hopkins, Washington, DC, ⁵Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, ⁶VA Puget Sound Health Care System, VA GRECC, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁷VA Boston Healthcare System & Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School & VA Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher prevalence of frailty, even at younger ages, compared to the general population1. Among persons with lung…
Abstract Number: 1554 • ACR Convergence 2025
Demographic, Clinical, and Mortality Trends in Scleroderma Patients with Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (GAVE): A National Inpatient Analysis
Akanksha Sharma¹, Veera Durga Vaishnavi Kurra² and Neev Mehta³, ¹UPMC Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
Background/Purpose: Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), commonly known as “watermelon stomach,” is a rare but potentially severe gastrointestinal manifestation in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Despite its…
Abstract Number: 0476 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Comorbidity Burden on the Efficacy of, a Direct Interleukin 6 Inhibitor, Olokizumab: Real World Evidence
Maxim Korolev¹, Alexander Dubikov², Daria Bukhanova³, Alina Egorova³, Eugenyi Alekseev⁴, Sofia Kuzkina⁵ and Mikhail Samsonov³, ¹Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymрhology – Branch of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, ²Rheumatology clinic of Professor Dubikov A.I., Vladivostok, Russia, ³R-Pharm JSC, Moscow, Russia, ⁴"R-Pharm", JSC, Moscow, Russia, ⁵R-Pharm, Moscow, Russia
Background/Purpose: Comorbidities may affect the efficacy of bDMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Post-hoc analysis of the randomized clinical trial (RCT) data shows that the efficacy…
Abstract Number: 2251 • ACR Convergence 2025
Dual Diagnoses, Diminished Survival: Association between rheumatoid arthritis and survival among older adults with lung cancer
Michelle Nguyen¹, Aaron Baraff², Alexandra Schmidt², Alexander Peterson², Aliyah Pabani³, Nicholas Smith¹, Shelly Gray¹, Jose Garcia⁴, Noel Weiss¹ and Namrata Singh⁵, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ³Johns Hopkins, Washington, DC, ⁴VA Puget Sound Health Care System, VA GRECC, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of malignancies, particularly lung cancer, relative to the general population1. However, the association between RA…
Abstract Number: 1452 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Treatment-Refractory Axial Spondyloarthritis: Data from the Greek AxSpA Registry
Nikolaos Kougkas¹, Konstantinos Tsafis², Dimitrios Deligeorgakis³, Vasileios Papadopoulos⁴, Nikolaos Fytanidis⁵, Michail Krikelis⁶, Evangelia Mole⁷, Sousana Gazi⁷, Nikolaos Koletsos⁸, EVRIPIDIS KALTSONOUDIS⁹, Paraskevi V Voulgari¹⁰, Anastasios Karamanakos¹¹, Maria Pappa¹², Maria Tektonidou¹³, Petros Sfikakis¹⁴, Kalliopi Klavdianou¹⁵, aggelos Banos¹⁶, Eleni Kalavri¹⁷, Konstantinos Kottas¹⁸, Gkikas Katsifis¹⁸, MARIA KONSTA¹⁹, Eleftheria Grika²⁰, Charalampos Sfontouris²⁰, Evgenia Mavrea²¹, Christos Koutsianas²², Evangelia Kataxaki²³, Eleni Sampatakaki²⁴, Konstantina Zoupidou²⁵, Pelagia Katsimpri²⁶, Alexios Iliopoulos²⁷, Georgios Iliopoulos²⁸, Dimitrios Daousis²⁹, Ilias Bournazos³⁰, DIMITRIOS KAROKIS³¹, Dimos Patrikos³², Theodoros Dimitroulas³, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos²¹, George E Fragoulis³³ and Charalampos Papagoras³⁴, ¹⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ²Hippokration University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ³Hippokration University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁴Department of Medicine Democritus University of Thrace, Laboratory of Anatomy, Alexandroupolis, Greece, Alexandroupolis, Evros, Greece, ⁵University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, First Department of Internal Medicine, Alexandroupolis, Greece, Alexandroupolis, Greece, ⁶KAT Hospital, Athens, Department of Rheumatology, Athens, Greece,, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁷Rheumatology department, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁸School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Department of Rheumatology, Ioannina, Greece, Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ⁹Rheumatology Clinic, University of Ioannina, IOANNINA, Ioannina, Greece, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ¹¹Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, General Hospital of Athens “Laiko”, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ¹²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ¹³National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ¹⁴NKUA - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Athens, Greece, ¹⁵Asklepieion" General Hospital, Athens, Department of Rheumatology, Αthens, Greece, Kaisariani Athens, Greece, ¹⁶Asklepieion" General Hospital, Athens, Department of Rheumatology, Αthens, Greece, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ¹⁷"Asklepieion" General Hospital, Athens, Department of Rheumatology, Αthens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ¹⁸Naval Hospital of Athens, Rheumatology Clinic, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ¹⁹Sismanoglion Hospital, Athens, Greece, Marousi, Attiki, Greece, ²⁰Evaggelismos Athens General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²¹Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, General Hospital of Athens “Hippokration”, Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, ²nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²²Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, General Hospital of Athens “Hippokration”, Athens, Greece, ²³General Hospital Elefsinas Thriaseio,Attica, Rheumatology Department, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²⁴Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, ⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ²⁵Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, ⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²⁶Joint Rheumatology Program, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ²⁷⁴¹⁷ Army Share Fund Hospital (NIMTS), Department of Rheumatology, Athens, Greece, ZOGRAFOU, Greece, ²⁸Patras University Hospital, University of Patras Medical School, Department of Rheumatology, Patras, Greece, Patras, Akhaia, Greece, ²⁹Patras University Hospital, University of Patras Medical School, Department of Rheumatology, Patras, Greece, Patra, Greece, ³⁰Private practice, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ³¹Private practice, Patras, Greece, Patras, Greece, ³²Private practice, Athens, Greece, Ag. Paraskevi, Greece, ³³First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ³⁴First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Evros, Greece
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that significantly impairs quality of life. Although biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs (b/tsDMARDs) have improved disease…
Abstract Number: 0459 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk Factors for Acute Exacerbation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Rinko Katsuda¹, Akiko Kitagawa¹, Masayuki Azukizawa², Musuzu Fujimori¹ and Tetsuji Kawamura³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, NHO Himeji Medical Center, Japan, Himeji, Japan, ²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NHO Himeji Medical Center, Japan, Himeji, Japan, ³Department of Respiratory Medicine, NHO Himeji Medical Center, Japan, Himeji, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is a common and serious extra-articular manifestation of RA, contributing to ~10% of RA-related mortality. Acute exacerbation (AE)…
Abstract Number: 2249 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluation of a Screening Tool for Identifying Risk of Subclinical Interstitial Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Targeted Therapies
Marina Pavía-Pascual¹, Marina Sánchez-Lucas², Camille Bourgeois³, Maria Teresa Schiaffino Garcia-Villanova⁴, Julia Martínez Barrio⁵, Juan Molina-Collada⁶, Esther Chamorro De Vega⁷, José María álvaro-Gracia álvaro⁸ and Isabel Castrejón Fernández⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital general universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Department of Immunology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Pharmacy department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón.Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain. Department of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain., Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁹MD, PhD, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the second leading cause of mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but often goes underdiagnosed due to its variable clinical…
Abstract Number: 1421 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity and Fatigue on Subjective Cognitive Decline (“Brainfog”)
Lily Mikolajczak¹, Helena Kuhn¹, Leslie Harrold² and George Reed³, ¹Kuchnir Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Milford, MA, ²CorEvitas, Northborough, MA, ³University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with psoriatic arthritis often report having brain fog, describing symptoms such as forgetfulness, difficulty thinking and memory issues. It has been hypothesized that…
Abstract Number: 0438 • ACR Convergence 2025
Exploring the Potential for Cardiorenal-Metabolic Therapies to Target Comorbidities in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Bindee Kuriya¹, Susan J. Bartlett², Marie-France Valois³, Janet Pope⁴, Carter Thorne⁵, Carol Hitchon⁶, Hugues Allard-Chamard⁷, Glen Hazlewood⁸, Gilles Boire⁹, Louis Bessette¹⁰ and Vivian Bykerk¹¹, ¹Mount Sinai Health, Toronto, Canada, ²McGill University, Beaconsfield, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Centre of Arthritis Excellence, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁷Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, ⁸University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁹Retired, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Centre de l'Ostéoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Cardiorenal-metabolic (CRM) therapies, such as SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists, are medications that target interconnected pathways between cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic systems and may…
Abstract Number: 2232 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk factors for hospitalizations in a large, contemporary rheumatoid arthritis patient cohort
Argyro Lazarini¹, Konstantinos Thomas², EVRIPIDIS KALTSONOUDIS³, Paraskevi V Voulgari⁴, Alexandros Drosos⁵, Argyro Repa⁶, Ainour Molla ismail Sali⁶, Prodromos Sidiropoulos⁶, Kalliopi Fragkiadaki¹, Maria Tektonidou⁷, Petros Sfikakis⁸, Panagiota Tsatsani⁹, Sousana Gazi⁹, Evangelia Argyriou¹⁰, Kyriaki Boki¹⁰, Pelagia Katsimpri¹, Dimitrios Boumpas¹, Gerasimos Evangelatos¹¹, Alexios Iliopoulos¹², Konstantina Karagianni¹³, Lazaros Sakkas¹³, Konstantinos Melissaropoulos¹⁴, Panagiotis Georgiou¹⁴, Eleftheria Grika¹, PANAYIOTIS VLACHOYIANNOPOULOS¹, Theodoros Dimitroulas¹⁵, Alexandros Garyfallos¹⁶, Konstantinos Georganas¹⁷, Periklis Vounotrypidis¹⁸, Konstantinos Ntellis¹⁹, Georgios Kitas²⁰ and Dimitrios Vassilopoulos²¹, ¹Joint Rheumatology Program, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ²Joint Rheumatology Program, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ³Rheumatology Clinic, University of Ioannina, IOANNINA, Ioannina, Greece, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ⁵Rheumatology Clinic, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece, ⁷National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁸NKUA - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Athens, Greece, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit, Sismanoglio Hospital, Athens, Greece, ¹¹Third Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ¹²⁴¹⁷ Army Share Fund Hospital (NIMTS), Department of Rheumatology, Athens, Greece, ZOGRAFOU, Greece, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece, ¹⁴Rheumatology Unit, Agios Andreas Hospital, Patras, Greece, ¹⁵Hippokration University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, ¹⁶⁴th Department of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, ¹⁷Private office, Athens, ¹⁸Private office, Thessaloniki, Greece, ¹⁹Private office, Kalamata, Greece, ²⁰Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece, ²¹Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, General Hospital of Athens “Hippokration”, Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, ²nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: There are limited data regarding the recent trends and risk factors for hospitalization in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our aim was to estimate…
Abstract Number: 1413 • ACR Convergence 2025
Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: Association with Inflammatory, Clinical Parameters, and Comorbidities
Esther Toledano¹, Carlos Villegas², Carolina Cristina Chacón³, Cristina Hidalgo Calleja³, Belén Miguel³, Laura Blanco³, Ana Turrión⁴, Olga Compán⁵, Manuel Martín⁴, Susana Gómez³ and Carlos Montilla³, ¹Rheumatology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ³Rheumatology Service, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Service, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Service, University Hospital of Salamanca, Carbajosa de la Sagrada, ³⁷¹⁹¹, Spain
Background/Purpose: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a chronic neurological disorder associated with brain iron metabolism. Although RLS has been linked to various immune-mediated inflammatory diseases,…
Abstract Number: 0436 • ACR Convergence 2025
Why Do Patients with Rheumatic Disease Have MACE and Thrombotic Events?
Andrea Mazariego and Maria Greenwald, Desert Medical Advances, Rancho Mirage, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic disease have an increased risk for thrombotic events and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) due to systemic inflammation. Bleeding time is…
Abstract Number: 2128 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence of Risks and Complications in a Longitudinal International Cohort of Children with Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis (CNO)
Jessica Kent¹, Eveline Wu², Melissa Oliver³, Sivia Lapidus⁴, Ummusen Akca⁵, Adriel Liau⁶, Pratyush Kore⁷, Ian Muse⁸, Ava Klein⁶, Emily Deng⁶, Iris Hamilton⁶, Haodong Chen⁷, Megan Nguyen⁷, Tianai Li⁹, Avril Wilson⁷, Jasmine Morden⁷, Shima Yasin¹⁰, Aleksander Lenert¹¹, Sara M. Stern¹², Antonella Insalaco¹³, Manuela Pardeo¹⁴, Gabriele Simonini¹⁵, Edoardo Marrani¹⁶, Xing Wang⁶, Bin Huang¹⁷, Leonard Kovallick¹⁸, Natalie Rosenwasser¹⁹, Erin Balay-Dustrude²⁰, Doaa Mosa²¹, Katerina Bouchalova²², Andrea Cabova²³, Jenna Thomason²⁰, Lori Tucker²⁴, Hermann Girschick²⁵, Ronald laxer²⁶, Marinka Twilt²⁷, Georgina Tiller²⁸, Jonathan Akikusa²⁹, Christian Hedrich³⁰, Karen Onel³¹, Fatma Dedeoglu³², Seza Özen³³, Polly Ferguson³⁴ and Yongdong (Dan) Zhao³⁵, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ²UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Montclair, NJ, ⁵Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, ⁷Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, ⁸University of Washington, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, ⁹Seattle Children's Research institute, Seattle, ¹⁰Univeristy of Iowa, Iowa City, ¹¹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹³IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Italy, ¹⁴IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ¹⁶University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ¹⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cinciannati, OH, ¹⁸The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil, Chapel Hill, ¹⁹Seattle Children's Hospital, seattle, WA, ²⁰University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²¹Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura City, Egypt, ²²Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ²³Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ²⁴BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²⁵Vivantes Clinic Friedrichshain, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁷Alberta Children's Hospital, Alberta, Canada, ²⁸Royal Children’s Hospital, Melborne, Australia, ²⁹The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, ³⁰University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ³¹HSS, New York, NY, ³²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³³Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, ³⁴University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ³⁵Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Redmond, WA
Background/Purpose: Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is associated with various comorbidities and long-term complications. The CHronic nonbacterial Osteomyelitis International Registry (CHOIR) is a multi-national database that…

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