Abstracts tagged "epidemiologic methods and spine involvement"

Abstract Number: 2 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)-Related Autoimmunity and Lumbar Bone Mineral Density in a Multi-Ethnic Community-Dwelling Population
Jan M. Hughes-Austin¹, Joachim H. Ix², Michael H. Criqui³, Ronit Katz⁴, Matthew Budoff⁵, Jon T. Giles⁶, Kiang Liu⁷ and Darcy S. Majka⁸, ¹Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ⁶Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, NY, NY, ⁷Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁸Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Previous studies suggest that antibodies to citrullinated protein antigens (ACPA) contribute to decreased hand bone mineral density (BMD) in RA-free individuals. No evidence exists…