Abstracts tagged "Disparities"

Abstract Number: 0056 • ACR Convergence 2020
Role of Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors in Racial Disparities in Disease Severity and Health Status of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Leila Muhieddine¹, Shakaib Hayat², Katja Reuter³, Charles Thomas⁴ and Marina Magrey⁵, ¹Case Western Reserve University- Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Western Reserve University-Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ³University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: To confront the persistent racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes in the United States, it is imperative to study cultural and socioeconomic differences…
Abstract Number: 1298 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lupus Damage Free-Survival by Age at Diagnosis: A Retrospective Incident Lupus Cohort
Maria Schletzbaum¹, Nnenna Ezeh², Trevor McKown³, Shivani Garg⁴ and Christie Bartels⁵, ¹University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI, ³William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, ⁴UW Madison, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: While medical comorbidities increase with age, younger age at onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) has been associated with greater risk of some types…
Abstract Number: 0057 • ACR Convergence 2020
Increased Susceptibility to Measles in Patients from Central America and Mexico in a U.S. Rheumatology Clinic
Alice Fike¹, Abhimanyu Amarnani², Yanira Ruiz-Perdomo³, Sarfaraz Hasni³, Michael Ward³ and James Katz⁴, ¹NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ²SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIH NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Infections in patients with rheumatic disease are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Preventive measures such as immunizations can reduce the burden of…
Abstract Number: 1499 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Frequency of Contraception Documentation in Women with Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis Within the RISE Registry
Megan Clowse¹, Jing Li², Amanda Eudy³, Mehret Birru Talabi⁴ and Gabriela Schmajuk⁵, ¹Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, Atherton, CA
Background/Purpose: Several of the most commonly prescribed anti-rheumatic medications for women with rheumatic disease are known teratogens, posing a risk for pregnancy loss and birth…
Abstract Number: 0059 • ACR Convergence 2020
EHR-Supported Staff Protocol Improves Smoking Cessation in a Diverse Rheumatology Clinic: Results of Quit Connect Dissemination Project
Jennifer Brandt¹, S. Sam Lim¹, Edmond Ramly², Monica Messina³ and Christie Bartels⁴, ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health;, Madison, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Smoking is a key risk factor for rheumatologic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus that disproportionately impacts disadvantaged patients and predicts worse outcomes.…
Abstract Number: 1509 • ACR Convergence 2020
Leukocyte Telomere Length and Childhood Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Black Women’s Experiences Living with Lupus (BeWELL) Study
John Bridges¹, Kara Chung², Connor Martz², Emily Smitherman¹, Cristina Drenkard³, S. Sam Lim⁴ and David Chae², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Auburn University, Auburn, AL, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset SLE is generally more aggressive than adult-onset SLE. Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) has been posited to reflect immune system aging. Short LTL in…