Abstracts tagged "Disparities"

Abstract Number: 1469 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk Factors for Herpes Zoster Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Caroline Spitznagel, Fedelis Mutiso, Jim Oates and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a higher prevalence and incidence of herpes zoster (HZ) compared with the general population. Our study was…
Abstract Number: 0099 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Multimodal Independent Medical Education on Improving Outcomes and Reducing Disparities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus Nephritis
Lisa Handley¹, Kimberly Lovin Nealy² and Sarah A. Nisly³, ¹Clinical Care Options, Clive, IA, ²Clinical Care Options, Matthews, NC, ³Clinical Care Options, Reston, VA
Background/Purpose: Due to its range of manifestations and lack of specific findings, early diagnosis of SLE is often a challenge, and serious complications, including LN,…
Abstract Number: 0211 • ACR Convergence 2022
Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in a Predominantly Black Population with Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Sophia Lutgen¹, S. Sam Lim², Laura D. Aspey², Gaobin Bao³, Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas², Jessica N. Williams² and Cristina Drenkard², ¹Mount Sinai Morningside-West, New York, NY, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Due to demographic and disease-related factors, patients with lupus are deemed to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection than the general population, but they…
Abstract Number: 1731 • ACR Convergence 2022
Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Class II HLA Alleles Restrict the Diversity of the CDR3 and the T Cell Receptor Repertoire in African American Patients
Urvashi Kaundal¹, Chloe Borden¹, Cihan Oguz², Jinghua Lu², Emilee Stenson¹, Ami Shah³, Maureen Mayes⁴, Ayo Doumatey⁵, Amy Bentley⁵, Daniel Shriner⁵, Robyn Domsic⁶, Thomas Medsger⁷, Paula Ramos⁸, Richard Silver⁸, Virginia Steen⁹, John Varga¹⁰, Vivien Hsu¹¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹², Elena Schiopu¹³, Dinesh Khanna¹⁴, Jessica Gordon¹⁵, Lindsey Criswell¹⁶, Heather Gladue¹⁷, Chris Derk¹⁸, Elana Bernstein¹⁹, S. Louis Bridges, Jr.¹⁵, Victoria Shanmugam²⁰, Lorinda Chung²¹, Suzanne Kafaja²², Reem Jan²³, Marcin Trojanowski²⁴, Avram Goldberg²⁵, Benjamin Korman²⁶, Settara Chandrasekharappa⁵, Faiza Naz²⁷, Stefania Dell'Orso¹, Adebowale Adeyemo⁵, Charles Rotimi⁵, Elaine Remmers⁵, Francesco Boin²⁸, Fredrick Wigley²⁹, Peter Sun², Daniel Kastner⁵ and Pravitt Gourh³⁰, ¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ¹⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ¹²University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁶National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁷Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²⁰George Washington University, Great Falls, VA, ²¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²²UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²³University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²⁵NYU Langone Medical Center - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Lake Success, NY, ²⁶University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²⁷National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ²⁸Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³⁰National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune, fibrotic disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans (AA). Previous work from our lab and others has suggested a…
Abstract Number: 0100 • ACR Convergence 2022
COVID Vaccinations in Patients with Rheumatologic Diseases- perspectives and Disparities in a Safety-net Tertiary Care Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee
Beenish Zulfiqar¹, Mohamad Bittar², Daniel Austin² and Ashton Hunter², ¹University of Tennessee Health Science Centre, Memphis, TN, ²University of Tennessee Health Science Centre, Memphis, Memphis, TN
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatologic diseases have had hesitation with COVID-19 vaccines despite the recent reports that they are safe and effective. This might impact underserved…
Abstract Number: 0226 • ACR Convergence 2022
Linguistics Biases in Letters of Recommendation Written for Rheumatology Fellowship Applicants
Margaret Kramer¹, Amy Cannella¹, Harlan Sayles² and Michelene Hearth-Holmes¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center/Division of Rheumatology, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: The importance of letters of recommendation (LoR) grow each year. It is more important than ever that LoR are written in an unbiased manner…
Abstract Number: 1764 • ACR Convergence 2022
Utilization of Electronic Health Record Data to Evaluate the Impact of Urban Environment on Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Symptoms
Janet Song¹, Noah Forrest¹, Kathleen Mittendorf², Wei-Qi Wei², Leah Kottyan³, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman¹, Theresa Walunas¹ and Abel Kho¹, ¹Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinatti, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) has a complex and poorly understood etiology and is difficult to diagnose due to its varied presentation across many organ…
Abstract Number: 0102 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Racial Implicit Bias on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients’ Treatment Recommendations
Alisha Akinsete¹, Illir Agalliu², Dawn Wahezi¹, Ellen Silvers², Onjona Hossain², Irene Blanco², Tamar Rubinstein³ and Cristina Gonzalez², ¹Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, White Plains, NY
Background/Purpose: There are racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Implicit bias can contribute to these health disparities through provider communication and medical…
Abstract Number: 0475 • ACR Convergence 2022
Whole-country and Regional Incidences of Giant Cell Arteritis in French Continental and Overseas Territories: A Nationwide Database Analysis
Hubert De Boysson¹, Lydia GUITTET², Damiano CERASUOLO², Rémy MORELLO², Samuel DESHAYES² and Achille Aouba¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, UR4650 PSIR, Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, CHU de Caen Normandie, Caen, France, ²Caen University Hospital, Caen, France
Background/Purpose: The incidence rate of giant cell arteritis (GCA) is poorly studied in France. Therefore, we conducted a national hospital database study to assess the…
Abstract Number: 1792 • ACR Convergence 2022
Contemporary Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations for Gout in the United States – 2019 Nationwide Analysis
Chio Yokose¹, natalie mccormick², na lu³, amit johi⁴, Lesley Jackson⁵, Minna Kohler⁶, Janeth Yinh², yuqing zhang⁷, John Hsu², kenneth saag⁵ and Hyon Choi⁸, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Boston, MA, ⁴Regeneron, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁸MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout is a highly prevalent inflammatory arthritis with increasing global disease burden in recent years.1,2 A recent analysis3 of the Multiethnic Cohort Study reported…
Abstract Number: 0103 • ACR Convergence 2022
Retention in Rheumatology Care and Receipt of Lupus-Specific Serologic Testing Among Young Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Medicare Cohort Study
Maria Schletzbaum¹, W. Ryan Powell², Shivani Garg³, Joseph A. Kramer⁴, Brad C. Astor⁵, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi⁶, Amy J. Kind⁷ and Christie Bartels⁸, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Middleton, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Center for Health Disparities Research, Thousand Oaks, CA, ³University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine & Center for Health Disparities Research,, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division and Department of Population Sciences, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Emergency Medicine; and the Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁷University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Geriatrics Division & Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁸University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: SLE is a leading cause of mortality in young adults, particularly in those identifying as Black or Hispanic or who are socioeconomically disadvantaged. These…
Abstract Number: 0574 • ACR Convergence 2022
Osteoporosis in Elderly Men; An Underestimated and Underdiagnosed Morbid Entity
Arash Mollaeian¹ and Stanley Ballou², ¹Metro Health Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Rocky River, OH, ²Case Western Reserve University - Metro Health, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: 20-25% of osteoporosis-related fractures occur in men and the mortality of osteoporotic fractures is higher in men [1]. Nevertheless, no uniform consensus exists for…
Abstract Number: 1935 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Disparities Influence Healthcare Utilization in Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic
William Soulsby¹ and Emily von Scheven², ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Racial disparities are prevalent in chronic illness, including pediatric rheumatic diseases. Prior work has investigated the impact of race on disease activity and damage…
Abstract Number: 0104 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gender Representation of the Editors and Editorial Boards of the Top 45 Rheumatology-Focused Journals
Aldo Barajas-Ochoa¹, Amaranta ManriquedeLara², Alfonso Gastelum-Strozzi³, Ingris Pelaez-Ballestas⁴, Antonio Cisneros-Barrios⁵, Manuel Ramirez-Trejo⁵, Paloma Gradilla-Magaña⁵ and Cesar Ramos-Remus⁶, ¹Rutgers New Jersey Medical School., Richmond, VA, ²Hospital General de México "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga,", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁴Hospital General de México "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁵Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁶Unidad de Investigacion en Enfermedades Cronico-Degenerativas, Guadalajara, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The assessment of the frequency distribution of females and males is occurring in different academic areas. Academic publishing is not exempt from potential structural…
Abstract Number: 0631 • ACR Convergence 2022
Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Community Vulnerability: Associations with Lupus-Related Autoantibodies and Disease
Emily Vara, Dulaney Wilson, John Pearce, Jim Oates and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of persistent organic pollutants found in nonstick products, water repellant fabrics, fire-retardant foams, and food packaging. Highly stable,…

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