Abstracts tagged "Comorbidity"

Abstract Number: 2642 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapeutic Classes on Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Venous Thromboembolism: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Mohammad Movahedi¹, Angela Cesta¹, Sibel Aydin², Pooneh Akhavan³, Tetyana Kendzerska⁴, Claire Bombardier¹ and Bindee Kuriya⁵, ¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³self-employed, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Mississuaga, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto - Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and venous thromboembolism (VTE). Inflammation is a driver of…
Abstract Number: 1995 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Prevalence of Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy Among US Adults with Gout: A General Population-Based Study
Chio Yokose¹, Natalie McCormick², Jiaqi Wang², Sharan Rai³, leo lu⁴ and Hyon K. Choi⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout is an inflammatory-metabolic condition that is associated with a heavy burden of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) comorbidities. Accordingly, multimorbidity and polypharmacy are important considerations which…
Abstract Number: 1271 • ACR Convergence 2025
Overcoming Obstacles to Care: Survey of Adult Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM)
Saloni Patolia¹, Carolina Alvarez², Jessica Grant³, Paul Mihas⁴, Todd Schwartz⁵, Galen Foulke⁶, Amanda Nelson⁵ and Astia Allenzara⁵, ¹UNC Rheumatology, Durham, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Miami, FL, ³Odum Institute for Reseach in Social Science, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Odum Institute for Reseach in Social Science, Chapel Hill, ⁵Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, ⁶Penn State Health, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are heterogenous autoimmune diseases requiring coordinated, patient-centered care. Understanding patient perspectives on diagnosis, treatment, health screening, and barriers to care…
Abstract Number: 0162 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Relevance of Systematic Comorbidity Screening in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
Martin Michaud, Caroline Arlet, Jean Alain Bournazeau, François de Maupeou, Julie Gaston, Stephanie Mermet, Helene Coulier, Marie Oustalet, Christophe Raspaud, Cédric Maurice, Sophie Recipon, Claire Verplancken, Kim Paricaud and Leonardo Astudillo, Clinique Saint Exupery, TOULOUSE, France
Background/Purpose: Chronic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases are associated with an increased prevalence of various comorbidities, which may impact both prognosis and therapeutic strategies. EULAR recommends…
Abstract Number: 2422 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cluster Analysis of Autoantibodies in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Oihane Ibarguengoitia-Barrena¹, Leyre Riancho Zarrabeitia², Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa³, Karen Roberts⁴, Victor Martinez-Taboada⁵, Raúl Menor Almagro⁶, Belén Serrano-Benavente⁷, Paula Rubio-Muñoz⁸, María Galindo-Izquierdo⁹, Antonio Fernández-Nebro¹⁰, Maria Esther Ruiz Lucea¹¹, Jaime Calvo¹², Jose Francisco Garcia Llorente¹³, EVA GLORIA TOMERO MURIEL¹⁴, Maria Esther Uriarte¹⁵, Mercedes Freire González¹⁶, Angela Pecondón-Español¹⁷, Javier García-Fernández¹⁸, Lorena Expósito-Pérez¹⁹, Monica Ibañez Barcelo²⁰, Elena Aurrecoechea²¹, Carlos Montilla²², Jose Rosas Gómez de Salazar²³, Maria Garcia-Villanueva²⁴, Rocío Caño²⁵, Francisco Javier Toyos²⁶, Francisco Javier Novoa²⁷, Clara Moriano²⁸, Gema Bonilla²⁹, Javier Narváez³⁰, Jose Luis Andreu³¹, Marta Arévalo-Salaet³², Loreto Horacda-Rubio³³, Tatiana Cobo-Ibáñez³⁴, Nuria Lozano Rivas³⁵, Cristina Bohorquez³⁶, Carlota Laura Iniguez Ubiaga³⁷, Eva salgado-Pérez³⁸, Vicente Torrente Segarra³⁹, CARLOS TAREK SALMAN MONTE⁴⁰, JOSE ELOY OLLER RODRIGUEZ⁴¹ and José María Pego-Reigosa⁴², ¹Galdakao-Usansolo University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ²Hospital Sierrallana, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas GC, Spain, ⁴Buenos Aires Instituto, West Reading, CA, ⁵Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de Jerez, Spain, Puerto De Santa María, Spain, ⁷Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain, Malaga, Spain, ¹¹Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Araba, School of Medicne, Universidad del País Vasco, BIOARABA Health Research Institute, Vitoria, Spain, Vitoria, Pais Vasco, Spain, ¹³Hospital de Gadakao Usansolo Osakidetza, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, ¹⁶⁴ Hospital Universitario A Coruña, Rheumatology, A Coruña, La coruna, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹⁹University Clinical Hospital of Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, ²⁰Son Llàtzer University Hospital, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ²¹Hospital Sierrallana, CANTABRIA, Spain, ²²Rheumatology Service, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ²³Hospital Marina Baixa, PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Rheumatology Department, Dr. Balmis General University Hospital, Alicante, Spain., Alicante, Spain, ²⁶Virgen Macarena University Hospital,, Sevilla, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, ²⁸Hospital León, LEON, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Rheumatology, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³¹Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain, ³²Consorci Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ³³Hospital Complex of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ³⁴Infanta Sofia Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³⁵Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca,, Murcia, Spain, ³⁶La Paz University Hospital, Alcalá De Henares, Spain, ³⁷SERV. REUMATOLOGIA, Lugo, Spain, ³⁸Complejo Hospitalario de Orense, Santiago de Composte, Spain, ³⁹Hospital Comarcal del Alt Penedes, Madrid, Spain, ⁴⁰Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴¹HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI I POLITÈCNIC LA FE, VALENCIA, Spain, ⁴²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Vigo, Vigo, Spain; IRIDIS Group (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Diseases), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disorder characterized by multi-organ involvement and variable clinical manifestations. Recurrent clinical patterns suggest distinct phenotypes, where…
Abstract Number: 1993 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk of Cardiovascular Conditions, Bone Fractures and Mortality in Patients with Uncontrolled Gout in Comparison to Those with Controlled Gout
Tingting Zhang¹, Christian W. Mende², Ashraf El-Meanawy³, Michael Pillinger⁴, Kaiding Zhu⁵, Bradley Marder⁶ and Brian Lamoreaux⁷, ¹Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, ²University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁴New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York,, NY, ⁵Amgen, Inc., San Francisco, CA, ⁶AMGEN, Inc, Denver, CO, ⁷Amgen, Inc., Deerfield, IL
Background/Purpose: Gout may increase the risk of cardiovascular events (CVEs) and bone fractures through urate deposition and chronic inflammation1,2. However, the additional effects of uncontrolled…
Abstract Number: 1224 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparative Effectiveness of Duloxetine versus Pregabalin in Fibromyalgia: A Large-Scale, Real-World Study Across 300,000 Patients
Chukwuemelie Okeke¹, Queeneth Edwards², Ufuoma Mamoh³, Justin Riley Lam⁴ and Chekwubejah Uwakwe⁵, ¹Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ²Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, ³Medstar Health Georgetown University Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic, debilitating condition characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, and cognitive disturbances. Despite the availability of FDA-approved treatments, real-world comparative effectiveness…
Abstract Number: 0154 • ACR Convergence 2025
Incidence and Prevalence of Connective Tissue Diseases with Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD) in the United States
Diana Martins¹, George Mu², Elaine Irving³, Roger A. Levy⁴, Nisha Bhatt⁵ and Keele E. Wurst⁶, ¹GSK, Epidemiology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²GSK, Statistics, Collegeville, PA, ³GSK, Clinical, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁴GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁵GSK, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁶GSK, Immunology and Emerging Epidemiology, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Despite the high disease burden and reduced quality of life for patients with CTD-ILD, data on its incidence and prevalence – particularly by CTD…
Abstract Number: 0864 • ACR Convergence 2024
Obesity Subtypes and Trajectories of Functional Change After 7-years of Follow-up: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis (MOST) Study
Kristine Godziuk¹, Sarah Tilley², mike LaValley³, Michael Nevitt⁴, C.E. Lewis⁵, James Torner⁶ and Tuhina Neogi², ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, ⁴UCSF, Orinda, CA, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶University of Iowa, Iowa City
Background/Purpose: People with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and obesity (i.e. BMI ≥30kg/m2) have poorer function than those without obesity. However, function is not uniform among people…
Abstract Number: 1909 • ACR Convergence 2024
Racial Disparities in Ocular Complications of Systemic Rheumatic Diseases: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
Insa Mannstadt¹, Yiyuan Wu² and Bella Mehta³, ¹Columbia University VP&S, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: While systemic rheumatic diseases, including Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and spondyloarthropathies, are known to have severe ophthalmologic manifestations, there…
Abstract Number: 0975 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence and Management of Patients with Comorbidities and Frailty in New Onset Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Sebastian E. Sattui¹, FRANK HARTMUT DR. BUTTGEREIT², Merav Lidar³, Kerri Ford⁴, Stefano Fiore⁵, Lita Araujo⁴, Timothy Beukelman⁶, Fenglong Xie⁷ and Jeffrey Curtis⁸, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatology Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, ⁴Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁶Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: PMR, a common inflammatory rheumatic disease in older adults, is primarily treated with glucocorticoids (GC). A high comorbidity burden in PMR may increase the…
Abstract Number: 1912 • ACR Convergence 2024
Greater Glucocorticoid and Less Biologic/Targeted Therapy Use in Midwest PsA Patients Despite Prevalent Comorbidity
Brittany Banbury¹, Sharon Dowell², Christopher Jenkins³, Emily Holladay⁴, Cassie Clinton⁵, Fenglong Xie⁵, Jingyi Zhang⁵, Grace Wright⁶, Jeffrey Curtis⁷ and Gail Kerr⁸, ¹Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Brooklyn, NY, ²NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, JONESBORO, AR, ³Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Edmond, OK, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Grace C Wright MD PC, New York, NY, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, ⁸Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: There is regional variation in the clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of patients with inflammatory arthritis in the US. Despite a higher reported prevalence of…
Abstract Number: 1004 • ACR Convergence 2024
Predictors of Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Analysis of a Large Health System in the Midwestern United States
Ernesto Lopez Castillo¹ and Jeffrey Ording², ¹University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ²Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Evidence suggests that patients with autoimmune diseases or immunosuppressive conditions have a higher risk of poor outcomes related to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection.…
Abstract Number: 1986 • ACR Convergence 2024
Disease Flare Following Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Patients with Cancer and Preexisting Vasculitis
Juan Sevillano¹, Yixuan Zhou², Juan Ruiz³, Noha Abdel-Wahab⁴ and Maria Suarez-Almazor¹, ¹MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, ³MD Anderson, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are effective therapies for patients with cancer, but they often cause immune-related adverse events (irAE). There is limited data on…
Abstract Number: 1097 • ACR Convergence 2024
CERT Score as a Potential Tool to Predict Cardiovascular Risk in Gout and Hyperuricemia
Blanka Stiburkova¹, Aleš Kvasnička², Barbora Pisklakova², Jakub Rozhon², Karel Pavelka³ and David Friedecky², ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic and Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Laboratory for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Olomouc and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology and Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Asymptomatic hyperuricemia and gout are two clinical conditions associated with a high risk of cardiovascular events and mortality. Recent data suggest that the number…

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