Abstracts tagged "Environmental factors"

Abstract Number: 839 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Occupational Exposures in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Associated with Increased Frequency of Interstitial Lung Disease and Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Brandi E. Stevens^1,2, Mary Lucas³, Thomas A. Medsger Jr.⁴ and Robyn T. Domsic⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been linked with environmental and occupational exposures. Silica and solvent exposure have the strongest known correlation with SSc. Other agents,…
Abstract Number: 1210 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic, Environmental, and Serologic Risk Factors for Inflammatory Joint Signs Among First-Degree Relatives without Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Prospective Cohort
Jeffrey A. Sparks¹, Shun-Chiao Chang², Kevin D. Deane³, Ryan W. Gan⁴, Kristen Demoruelle³, Marie L. Feser³, LauraKay Moss³, Jane H. Buckner⁵, Richard M. Keating⁶, Karen H. Costenbader⁷, Peter K. Gregersen⁸, Michael H. Weisman⁹, Ted R. Mikuls¹⁰, James R. O'Dell¹⁰, V. Michael Holers³, Jill M. Norris⁴ and Elizabeth W. Karlson², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ⁵Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Feinstein Insititute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Veteran Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Family history of RA in a first-degree relative increases RA risk 4-fold. Determining risk factors for inflammatory joint signs (IJS) in this high risk…
Abstract Number: 2058 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of Environmental Stress on Pain in Fibromyalgia Patients
Robert S. Katz¹, Ben J Small² and Susan Shott³, ¹Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, ²MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, IL, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Many fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) report that their illness is significantly affected by environmental stress. We compared FMS and RA patients with respect to the…
Abstract Number: 2008 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Personalized Risk Education for Rheumatoid Arthritis Improves Self-Perceived Risk Accuracy and Risk Factor Knowledge in First-Degree Relatives
Jeffrey A. Sparks¹, Maura D. Iversen^1,2,3, Rachel Miller Kroouze^1,4, Nellie A. Triedman¹, Taysir G. Mahmoud¹, Sarah S. Kalia⁴, Michael L. Atkinson⁵, Robert C. Green⁴ and Elizabeth W. Karlson¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, ³Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose Having a first-degree relative (FDR) with RA increases personal RA risk by four-fold. Other RA risk factors include demographics, genetics, auto-antibodies, and behaviors. We…
Abstract Number: 2017 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fish Consumption and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Women in Large Prospective Cohorts
Jeffrey A. Sparks¹, Shun-Chiao Chang², Bing Lu¹, Susan Malspeis¹, Karen H. Costenbader¹ and Elizabeth W. Karlson¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose Prior studies have suggested a protective effect of fish intake on RA. However, these studies were limited by potential recall bias, short follow-up, and…
Abstract Number: 2015 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease in Two Canadian Provinces
Sasha Bernatsky¹, Audrey Smargiassi², Cheryl Barnabe³, Lawrence W. Svenson⁴, Allan Brand⁵, Marie Hudson⁶, Steven M. Edworthy⁷, Ann E. Clarke³, Paul R. Fortin⁸, Patrick Belisle⁹ and Lawrence Joseph¹⁰, ¹Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Département de santé environnementale et santé au travail, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸Rheumatology, Laval University, Division of Rheumatology, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec and Department of Medicine, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ⁹Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: To estimate the degree to which fine particulate (PM2.5) air pollution is associated with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs). Methods: We used population-based administrative…
Abstract Number: 319 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution
Andrew S. Zeft¹, Sampath Prahalad², Rayfel Schneider³, Alexei Grom⁴, Fatma Dedeoglu⁵, Pamela F. Weiss⁶, Carter Mix⁷ and C. Arden Pope⁸, ¹Pediatrics, Rheumatology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵on behalf of CARRAnet Investigators, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Rheumatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, ⁸Economics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Background/Purpose: Environmental factors are understood to play a pathogenic role in the etiology of Systemic Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA). Fine particulate matter (aerodynamic diameter…
Abstract Number: 59 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Dietary Habits in a Large Cohort of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis Patients: Results of the Spanish Imid Consortium
Maria López Lasanta¹, Jesús Tornero², Juan D. Cañete³, Antonio Fernandez Nebro⁴, Francisco Blanco⁵, Jesus Rodriguez⁶, Isidoro González-Alvaro⁷, Jordi Gratacós⁸, Joan Maymo⁹, Rubén Queiro¹⁰, Mercedes Alperi-López¹¹, Carlos Montilla-Morales¹², Benjamin Fernandez Gutierrez¹³, Juan Carlos Torre-Alonso¹⁴, Alejandro Olive¹⁵, Jose Javier Perez Venegas¹⁶, Hector Corominas¹⁷, Alba Erra¹⁸, Santiago Muñoz¹⁹, Carlos M. Gonzalez²⁰, Daniel Roig²¹, Gabriela Avila¹, Arnald Alonso¹, Toni Julia¹, Raül Tortosa¹, Andrés Garcia Montero²² and Sara Marsal¹, ¹Rheumatology Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain, ³Arthritis Unit. Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Regional Carlos Haya, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain, ⁵Complejo Hospitalario Juan Canalejo, A Coruña, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ¹²H. de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology Department, H. Monte Naranco, Oviedo, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology Service, Germans Trias Pujol Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital del SAS Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology Department, Hospital Sant Rafael, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Infanta Sofia, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Rheumatology Department, Gregorio Marañon Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Rheumatology Service, Hospital Moisès Broggi,, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Banco Nacional de ADN, Salamanca, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are complex diseases of unknown etiology and its pathogenesis results from the combination of genetic susceptibility and…
Abstract Number: 2397 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
To Which Extent May The Familial Risk Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Be Explained By Established Risk Factors?
Xia Jiang¹, Thomas Frisell², Johan Askling³, Lars Klareskog⁴, Lars Alfredsson¹ and Henrik Källberg¹, ¹Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Dept of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex inflammatory disease known to aggregate within families, implicating the crucial role of shared genetic and/or environmental factors in…
Abstract Number: 2271 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dietary Sodium Increases The Risk For Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Smokers – Results From a Nested Case-Control Study
Björn Sundström¹, Ingegerd Johansson² and Solbritt Rantapää Dahlqvist³, ¹Department of Public Health & Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ²Department of Odontology, Cariology, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden, ³Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Recent studies using animal models and human cells ex vivo have indicated that sodium chloride may affect the immune system by the inducting of pathogenic Th17…
Abstract Number: 2000 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes In The Prevalence Of Gout In The United States General Population Between 1960 and 2010: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
Eswar Krishnan and Linjun Chen, Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite the widely shared impression that the prevalence of gouty arthritis (gout) has increased over time in the US few population data are available.…
Abstract Number: 1773 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Contribution Of Environmental Factors To Familial Risk Of Rheumatoid Arthritis By Serologic Phenotypes Among Women In a Longitudinal Cohort Study
Jeffrey A. Sparks¹, Chia-Yen Chen², Linda T. Hiraki³, Susan Malspeis⁴, Karen H. Costenbader⁴ and Elizabeth W. Karlson¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Familial risk of RA is composed of shared genetic and environmental factors. Previous studies exploring familial risk of RA have not incorporated environmental factors…
Abstract Number: 2657 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interactions Between Cigarette Smoking, Body Mass Index and Inflammatory Cytokine Levels In Determining The Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elizabeth V. Arkema¹, Susan Malspeis², Bing Lu³, Linda T. Hiraki⁴, Elizabeth W. Karlson² and Karen H. Costenbader², ¹Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Smoking and high body mass index (BMI) are risk factors for RA. Both are associated with increased systemic inflammation, with elevated C-reactive protein, interleukin…
Abstract Number: 2421 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Between Physical Work Load and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Results From The EIRA Case Control Study
Annmarie Wesley¹, Henrik Källberg², Camilla Bengtsson², Eva Skillgate¹, Johan Rönnelid³, Mohammed Mullazehi⁴, Lars Klareskog⁵, Lars Alfredsson², Saedis Saevarsdottir⁶ and Sara Wedren^7,8, ¹Institute of Enviornmental Medicine, Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁴Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Dept. of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The association between occupation and RA has previously been investigated where occupations associated with a physical work load (quarry workers, construction workers, assistant nurses,…
Abstract Number: 2692 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diet and Other Lifestyle Related Factors and the Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Björn Sundström¹, Ingegerd Johansson² and Solbritt Rantapää Dahlqvist³, ¹Department of Public Health & Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ²Department of Odontology, Cariology, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden, ³Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
Background/Purpose: There is a growing interest in the role of lifestyle in developing chronic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our aim was to investigate…

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