Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 2266 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Research On Factors Influenced For Bone Metabolic Markers In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients From Prospective Cohort Study
Masahiro Tada¹, Tatsuya Koike², Tadashi Okano¹, Yuko Sugioka¹, Kenji Mamoto¹, Kentaro Inui³ and Hiroaki Nakamura¹, ¹Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ²Rheumatosurgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ³Orhtopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) develop osteoporosis more frequently than healthy individuals. Bone resorption and formation are respectively increased and inhibited in patients with…
Abstract Number: 1741 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Correlation Of The Interferon Gene Signature With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Is Dependent On The Associated Level Of The BAFF Gene Transcript
Michelle Petri¹, Laurence S. Magder², Hong Fang¹, Julie Czerkowicz³, Andrea Dearth³, Jadwiga Bienkowska⁴, Norm Allaire⁵, Patrick Cullen³, Alice Thai³ and Ann Ranger³, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ³Biogen Idec Inc, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Translational Medicine, Biogen Idec Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁵Biogen Idec Inc., Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: The interferon alpha (IFN) gene signature is frequent in SLE (~50% of patients) and important in pathogenesis. However, multiple studies have found that the…
Abstract Number: 1366 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Abdominal Adiposity and Body Composition In Rheumatoid Arthritis: Relation With Disease Characteristics In A Case-Control Study
Ivan Ferraz-Amaro¹, Esmeralda Delgado-Frías², Vanesa Hernandez-Hernandez³, Jose Ramon Muñiz⁴, Antonieta Gonzalez-Diaz⁵, Angeles Gomez Rodriguez-Bethencourt⁵ and Federico Diaz-Gonzalez⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Servicio de Reumatologia. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Rheumatology Service, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁴Resonancia Magnética IMETISA, Resonancia Magnetica IMETISA, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁵Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁶University of La Laguna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain
Background/Purpose: To determine the relationship between measures of body composition (total body composition derived from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and abdominal adiposity through magnetic resonance…
Abstract Number: 862 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ten-Year Incidence of Self-Reported Nonvertebral Fractures in 9,720 Japanese Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Kensuke Ochi¹, Takefumi Furuya¹, Eisuke Inoue², Katsunori Ikari¹, Atsuo Taniguchi², Hisashi Yamanaka¹ and Shigeki Momohara², ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Ten-Year Incidence of Self-reported Nonvertebral Fractures in 9,720 Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study Background/Purpose: Although rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a…
Abstract Number: 346 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis, a More Severe Disease Than Psoriatic Arthritis? A Comparison Of Disease Activity In Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis From The Swedish Early Psoriatic Arthritis Registry (SwePsA) and The Swedish Rheumatology Registry For Early RA (SRR)
Gerd-Marie Alenius¹, Tomas Husmark², Elke Theander³, Per Larsson⁴, Mats Geijer⁵, Annika Teleman⁶ and Ulla R. C. Lindqvist⁷, ¹Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology, Falu Hospital, Falun, Sweden, ³Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Center for Medical Imaging and Physiology, Lund, Sweden, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Spenshult Hospital, Oskarstrom, Sweden, ⁷Department of Medical Sciences, Rheumatology, University Hospital, Uppsala university, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose: In clinical practise patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) seem to have milder disease expression compared with patients having rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Studies have, however,…