Abstract Number: 0965 • ACR Convergence 2020
Repetitive Inhalant Lipopolysaccharide Exposure in the Setting of Arthritis Induction Potentiates Pro-Fibrotic Inflammatory Lung Disease in Mice
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with several lung diseases. Various airborne exposures have been implicated as RA disease risk factors including cigarette smoke and…Abstract Number: 1008 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing Improved Risk Prediction of Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis by Environmental, Genetic, and Preclinical Plasma Metabolite Factors
Background/Purpose: Recent research has advanced the understanding of associations between environmental, genetic, and metabolic factors and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), introducing potential to improve risk prediction.…Abstract Number: 1019 • ACR Convergence 2020
Outdoor Air Pollution and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Understanding the role of environmental exposures in the development of SLE and their association with SLE activity may help identify modifiable risk factors and…Abstract Number: 1037 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relationship Between Air Quality and Sarcoidosis Inflammatory Activity
Background/Purpose: African Americans [AA] and minorities in the lower socioeconomic strata of Chicago are disproportionately affected by pulmonary sarcoidosis, and regularly exposed to poorer air…Abstract Number: 187 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Epidemiology of JIA-Associated Uveitis: Environmental Factors and Disease Characteristics of a JIA-Associated Uveitis Cohort
Background/Purpose: JIA-associated uveitis (JIA-U) is the most prevalent extra-articular manifestation of JIA and the most common type of uveitis in children. To date, environmental factors…Abstract Number: 693 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Hair Chemicals and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case-Control Study
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex chronic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. Previous studies of beauty products as potential triggers of SLE development…Abstract Number: 1106 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjögren’s Syndrome in the Agricultural Health Study: Lower Risk Associated with Childhood Farm Residence and Raising Livestock
Background/Purpose: Prior research suggests that growing up on a farm and contact with livestock may confer protection against developing systemic autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid…Abstract Number: 2084 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Why so Fast? A Focus on Reasons for an Increase in Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation Trends, 2002-2017
Background/Purpose: “Arthritis-attributable activity limitation” (AAAL) is linked to many potentially modifiable characteristics (e.g., work disability, physical inactivity, obesity). By 2015, prevalence of AAAL among adults…Abstract Number: 201 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Occupational Exposure to Coal and Silica Dust Is Associated with Elevated Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Coal Mining Areas of US
Background/Purpose: Exposure to inhaled mineral dust, particularly silica, has been associated with increased risk of RA and other autoimmune diseases. Coal mining leads to silica…Abstract Number: 482 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association of Short-Term Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure and Calcinosis in Juvenile Dermatomyositis in the Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry
Background/Purpose: JDM is an autoimmune systemic vasculopathy characterized by myositis and skin rash. Some myositis specific antibodies (MSAs) are associated with clinical manifestations in JDM,…Abstract Number: 1087 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association between Cigarette Smoking and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – a Bayesian Multivariate Meta-Analysis of Case-Control and Cohort Studies
Background/Purpose: The association between cigarette smoking and the occurrence of SLE has been studied over the past two decades but results are conflicting. The global…Abstract Number: 69 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Possible Association of Early Inflammatory Arthritis with Viral Outbreaks Such As Influenza: Time Series Analysis of the Canadian Early Inflammatory Arthritis Cohort
Background/Purpose: Disease clustering suggests a possible environmental cause. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that may be triggered by environmental factors such as viruses.…Abstract Number: 89 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Nuclear Antibodies (ANA) and Air Pollution: Ultrafine Particles and Ozone
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have suggested links between air pollution (particularly PM2.5) and serum antibodies related to rheumatic diseases. No one has yet examined anti-nuclear antibody…Abstract Number: 119 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Occupational Exposure to Asbestos and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Due to the known association between silica dust and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we wanted to study the association between RA and another silicate mineral;…Abstract Number: 126 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Smoking Is Causally Associated with Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The association between smoking and risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been well documented; however, the relationship between smoking and RA disease activity is…