Abstracts tagged "Epidemiologic methods"

Abstract Number: 912 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Secondary Preventive Pharmacotherapy and Longterm Outcomes Following Acute Coronary Events in Patients with Prevalent Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ängla Mantel¹, Marie Holmqvist¹, Tomas Jernberg², Solveig Wållberg-Jonsson³ and Johan Askling^4,5, ¹Dept of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Dept of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Section of Cardiology, Department of medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology, Institution of Public health and clinical medicine/ Rheumatology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Suboptimal use of secondary preventive pharmacotherapies after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been suggested to contribute to an…
Abstract Number: 2244 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Gout
Seoyoung C. Kim¹, Jun Liu² and Daniel H. Solomon³, ¹Div. of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia associated with cardiovascular disease and mortality. There are increasing data supporting the role of inflammation in…
Abstract Number: 915 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Defining Pain for Fibromyalgia Criteria: Multi-Site or Widespread? an Analysis of Data from Four UK Population-Based Studies
Gary J. Macfarlane¹, Linda E. Dean¹, Robert Bennett², Leslie J. Crofford³, Abimbola Ayorinde¹, Elisa Fluess¹, Daniel J. Clauw⁴, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles⁵, Don Goldenberg⁶, Eduardo Paiva⁷, Roland Staud⁸ and Lesley Arnold⁹, ¹Musculoskeletal Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²SN-Office of Research & Development, Oregon Health & Science Univ, Portland, OR, ³Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ⁴Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵MGH, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁷Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: The 1990 criteria for fibromyalgia (FM) remain the only set approved by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). They require that pain be both…
Abstract Number: 2254 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Socio-Economically Deprived Patients Have a Higher Likelihood for Having Any Type of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases and Have Higher Healthcare Costs – Results from a Population-Based Administrative Database Including 1.9 Million Persons (Basque country, Spain)
Polina Putrik¹, Sofia Ramiro², Jon Orueta³, Edurne Alonso Moran⁴, Roberto Nuno Solinis⁵ and Annelies Boonen⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Centro de Salud de Astrabudua, Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, Erandio, Spain, ⁴O+berri, Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Barakaldo, Spain, ⁵Universidad Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, ⁶Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are prevalent and have a strong impact on health care costs. Some evidence in specific diseases indicates that patients…
Abstract Number: 1069 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Child’s HLA-DRB1 Genotype Increases Maternal Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from the Mother-Child Immunogenetic Study in Autoimmunity
Giovanna I. Cruz¹, Xiaorong Shao², Hong L. Quach², Janelle Noble³, Nikolaos Patsopoulos⁴, Michael Busch⁵, Darrell Triulzi⁶, Wendy S.W. Wong⁷, Benjamin Solomon⁷, John Niederhuber⁷, Lindsey A. Criswell⁸ and Lisa F. Barcellos², ¹School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ²Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ³Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, ⁴Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Division of Medical Genomics, Inova Translational Medicine Institute, Falls Church, VA, ⁸Rosalind Russell / Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: SLE [MIM 152700] disproportionately affects women of reproductive age and pregnant patients are more likely to experience flares. Fetal microchimerism (FMC), or the persistence…
Abstract Number: 2284 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Age and Sex Stratified Normative Data for Shoulder Range of Movement
Tiffany K. Gill¹, E. Michael Shanahan^2,3, Graeme R Tucker¹ and Catherine Hill^4,5, ¹Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ²Rheumatology, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia, ³Repat General Hospital, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia, ⁵The Health Observatory, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Background/Purpose: Shoulder range of movement is integral to activities of daily living and the impact of pain on shoulder function has a significant effect on…
Abstract Number: 1083 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nationwide Trends in Hospitalization and in-Hospital Mortality Associated with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)
Zachary Wallace¹, John H. Stone², Hyon K. Choi³, Na Lu³, Sebastian Unizony³ and Eli Miloslavsky⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hopsital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is associated with severe end-organ damage (e.g., renal failure) and treatment-related complications (e.g., severe infection) which often lead to hospitalization…
Abstract Number: 2412 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment and Comparison of Responsiveness of Four Patient Reported Outcome Measures to Assess Physical Function in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: WOMAC-PF Subscale Responds Best
Elien A.M. Mahler¹, Nienke Cuperus², Johannes W J Bijlsma³, Thea Vliet Vlieland⁴, Frank H.J. van den Hoogen⁵, Alfons den Broeder⁵ and Cornelia H.M. van den Ende¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology Department, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, ARC Amsterdam; UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Although physical function is one of the core outcome domains in knee osteoarthritis (OA), the ability of a measurement instrument to detect changes over…
Abstract Number: 1084 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improved Survival in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A General Population-Based Study
Zachary Wallace¹, Sebastian Unizony², Na Lu², Hyon K. Choi² and John H. Stone³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is associated with an increased risk of mortality. Advances in diagnosis and treatment strategies are thought to improve outcomes in…
Abstract Number: 2899 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mortality Related to Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Multiple Cause-of-Death Analysis in France
laurent chiche¹, sarah malaekah², alexandre belot³, Brigitte Bader-Meunier⁴, gregoire rey⁵, Noémie Jourde-Chiche Sr.⁶ and mireille eb⁵, ¹internal medicine, Hopital Europeen, Marseille, France, ²pediatry, CHU Lyon, Lyon, France, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, CHU lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, HFME, lyon, France, ⁴Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, ⁵cepidc, paris, France, ⁶Nephrology, Aix-Marseille Université - APHM, Marseille, France
Background/Purpose: Although regarded as a disease of adulthood, SLE is also seen in children, and is associated with an increased risk for aggressive clinical course…
Abstract Number: 1207 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictive Utility of Anti- Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies and Rheumatoid Factor – a Retrospective Dataanalysis
Miriam Gärtner, Mathias Schneeweiss, Josef S. Smolen and Klaus Machold, Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Antibody profiling encompassing rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) supports diagnosis in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, RF and ACPA are…
Abstract Number: 2943 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Population-Based Incidence and Prevalence Estimates of Systemic Lupus Erythematous from the Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program
Peter M. Izmirly¹, Isabella Wan², Sara Sahl¹, Jill P. Buyon³, H. Michael Belmont⁴, Jane E. Salmon^5,6, Joan M. Bathon⁷, Anca Askanase⁸, Laura Geraldino-Pardilla⁹, Yousaf Ali¹⁰, Ellen M. Ginzler¹¹, Chaim Putterman¹², Caroline Gordon¹³, Charles G. Helmick¹⁴ and Hilary Parton¹⁵, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Dept of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁷Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁸Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ¹⁰Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ¹¹Medicine/Box 42, SUNY-Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ¹³School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Arthritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁵Bureau of Epidemiology Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY
Background/Purpose: Given widely varying estimates of the incidence and prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) in the US and the absence of data for certain…
Abstract Number: 1209 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Associations Between Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)-Related Autoimmunity, Joint Symptoms, and Physical Activity in First-Degree Relatives without RA in a Prospective Cohort
Jan M. Hughes-Austin¹, Joachim H. Ix², Samuel R. Ward³, Michael H. Weisman⁴, James R. O'Dell⁵, Ted R. Mikuls⁵, Jane H. Buckner⁶, Peter K. Gregersen⁷, Richard M. Keating⁸, Kevin D. Deane⁹, V. Michael Holers¹⁰ and Jill M. Norris¹¹, ¹Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³Radiology, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁷Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Med Res, Manhasset, NY, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, U Colo Denver, Aurora, CO, ¹⁰Rheumatology Division, Univ of Colorado School of Med, Aurora, CO, ¹¹University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Physical activity in RA patients is significantly less than in counterparts without RA, and many live just above the muscle strength threshold needed for…
Abstract Number: 3163 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Smoking Paradox in the Development of Psoriatic Arthritis Among Psoriasis Patients
Uyen Sa D.T. Nguyen¹, Yuqing Zhang², Na Lu³, Qiong Louie-Gao⁴, Jingbo Niu⁵, David T. Felson⁵, Michael P. Lavalley⁶, Thorvardur Love^7,8, Maureen Dubreuil⁴, Jeffrey A. Sparks⁹, Elizabeth W. Karlson¹⁰ and Hyon K. Choi³, ¹Orthopedics & Physical Rehabilation, Univerity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Clinical Epidemilogy and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁷Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Smoking is a strong risk factor of psoriasis, but a previous study has suggested that smoking protects against the development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA)…
Abstract Number: 211 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Epidemiology of Gout: Marked Increase in Incidence and Comorbidities over 20 Years
Mohanad Elfishawi¹, Nour Zleik¹, Zoran Kvrgic¹, Clement J. Michet Jr.², Cynthia S. Crowson³, Eric L. Matteson⁴ and Tim Bongartz¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Several studies have suggested that the prevalence of gout has increased over recent years. The majority of this data has been derived from insurance…

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