Abstracts tagged "Epidemiologic methods"

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: 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: 1877 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pregnancy Outcomes in SLE: Before and after
Elizabeth V. Arkema¹, Kristin Palmsten², Christopher Sjöwall³, Elisabet Svenungsson⁴, Jane E. Salmon⁵ and Julia F Simard⁶, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³Deparment of clinical and experimental medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Division of Epidemiology, Health Research and Policy Department, and Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Numerous investigators have demonstrated that the risks of pre-eclampsia, preterm delivery, and fetal death are increased in lupus pregnancies. Adverse events during pregnancy, delivery,…
Abstract Number: 65 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Dropout and Total Knee Replacement on Joint Space Narrowing Estimation: Data from Osteoarthritis Initiaive
Jamie E. Collins and Elena Losina, Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Impact of dropout and TKR on Joint Space Narrowing estimation: data from Osteoarthritis InitiativeBackground/Purpose: Structural progression in knee osteoarthritis (OA) is often measured by Joint…
Abstract Number: 1874 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Obesity Paradox in Recurrent Gout – a Metrological Clarification and Remedy
Uyen Sa D.T. Nguyen^1,2, Qiong Louie-Gao³, Yuqing Zhang⁴, David T. Felson³, Michael P. Lavalley⁵ and Hyon K. Choi⁶, ¹Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Research &Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Clinical Epidemiology Research & Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Obesity is a strong risk factor of incident gout, but previous research showed no such association with recurrent gout among gout patients. These paradoxical…
Abstract Number: 49 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Oral Bisphosphonate Use for Osteoporosis Among Older Women – US and Canadian Perspective
Nicole C. Wright¹, Wilson Smith², Amy H. Warriner³, Jeff Foster⁴, Ruth McConnell⁵, Huifeng Yun⁶, Mary H Melton⁷, Jeffrey R. Curtis⁴ and Kenneth G. Saag⁸, ¹Epidemiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Clinical Immunology/Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸Immunology & Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Bisphosphonates (BPs) have been widely used for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis for two decades. Although new parenteral preparations have been introduced, oral…
Abstract Number: 1670 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization of Patients with Lupus Nephritis Included in a Large Cohort from the Spanish Society of Rheumatology Registry of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
María Galindo Izquierdo¹, Esther Rodriguez-Almaraz¹, Sabina Perez², José M. Pego-Reigosa³, Jaime Calvo-Alen⁴, Francisco Javier López-Longo⁵, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa⁶, Alejandro Olivé⁷, Víctor Martínez Taboada⁸, Paloma Vela Casasempere⁹, Mercedes Freire¹⁰, Javier Narváez¹¹, Antonio Fernandez Nebro¹², Jose Rosas¹³, Monica Ibanez Barcelo¹⁴, Esther Uriarte¹⁵, Eva Tomero¹⁶, Antonio Zea¹⁷, Maria Loreto Horcada¹⁸, Vicente Torrente¹⁹, Ivan Castellvi²⁰, Joan Calvet²¹, Raúl Menor Almagro²², Mª Angeles Aguirre²³, Enrique Raya²⁴, Elvira Diez Alvarez²⁵, Tomás Vázquez Rodríguez²⁶, Paloma García de la Peña²⁷, Atusa Movasat²⁸, José Luis Andreu²⁹, Patricia Richi³⁰, Carlos Marras Fernandez-Cid³¹, Carlos Alberto Montilla Morales³², Blanca Hernández-Cruz³³, José Luis Marenco de la Fuente³⁴, Marian Gantes³⁵, Eduardo Ucar³⁶, Juan J. Alegre³⁷, Javier Manero³⁸, Jesús Ibañez Ruán³⁹, Manuel Rodríguez-Gómez⁴⁰, Victor Quevedo⁴¹, José Hernández Beiraín⁴² and Lucía Silva Fernández⁴³, ¹Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Research Unit,, Madrid, Spain, ³Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Vigo (IBIV), Vigo, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Sierrallana Hospital, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁹Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Regional Carlos Haya, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital Marina Baixa. Villajoyosa, Villajoyosa, Spain, ¹⁴H. Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Hospital de Donosti, San Sebastian, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰Unitat de Reumatologia., Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Hospital Parc Taulí, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ²⁵Rheumatology, Leon Hospital, Leon, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Norte Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Immune System Diseases/Rheumatology department, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain, ³¹C/ Salvia 11, H. Arrixaca, Alicante, Spain, ³²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Virgen de la Vega, Salamanca, Spain, ³³Rheumatology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ³⁴Hospital de Valme. Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, ³⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, ³⁶Hospital de Basurto, Rheumatology, Bilbao, Spain, ³⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Dr Peset, Valencia, Spain, ³⁸Ophthalmology and Rheumatology. Hospital Miguel Servet Zaragoza, Spain, Zaragoza, Spain, ³⁹POVISA, Rheumatology, Vigo, Spain, ⁴⁰Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ⁴¹Rheumatology, Hospital de Monforte, Lugo, Spain, ⁴²Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas Gran Canarias, Spain, ⁴³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain
Background/Purpose To describe the profile of patients included in RELESSER with histologically confirmed lupus nephritis (LN). Methods RELESSER is a multicentre cross-sectional study, with information…
Abstract Number: 45 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Body Mass Index Across the Lifespan and Lifetime Incidence of Gout in Men
Allan C. Gelber¹, Lucy Meoni², Michael Klag² and Joseph Gallo², ¹Medicine/ Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Gout is the leading cause of inflammatory arthritis in men and is linked to higher levels of body weight and obesity in mid-adult life.…
Abstract Number: 1382 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Longitudinal Course of Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register
Katie L Druce¹, Gareth T Jones², Gary J. Macfarlane¹, Suzanne M. Verstappen³ and Neil Basu¹, ¹Musculoskeletal Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²Musculoskeletal Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group),, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is common and burdensome in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Though RA fatigue progression varies significantly between individuals, to date, published analyses have only considered…
Abstract Number: 2887 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Post-Menopausal Factors and the Risk of Seropositive and Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis Phenotypes: Results from the Nurses’ Health Study
Camilla Bengtsson¹, Susan Malspeis², Jeffrey A. Sparks³, Karen H. Costenbader³ and Elizabeth W. Karlson³, ¹The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose Among women, the peak incidence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is reported to be 45-74 years of age. In addition, it has been suggested that…
Abstract Number: 1226 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Studying Patients with Autoinflammatory Diseases: The Past, Present, and a Perspective for the Future
Jonathan S. Hausmann^1,2, Catherine Biggs³, Donald P. Goldsmith⁴ and Fatma Dedeoglu^1,5, ¹Rheumatology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Program in Rheumatology, Divison of Immunoloty, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Pediatric Rheumaology, St Christopher's Hospital for Children/ Drexel College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵on behalf of CARRAnet Investigators, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are uncommon disorders characterized by recurrent episodes of systemic and organ-specific inflammation. Because of their rarity, finding large numbers of patients…
Abstract Number: 2888 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Amount of Smoking, Duration of Smoking Cessation, and Their Interaction with Silica Exposure in the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the Swedish Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Study
Xia Jiang¹, Camilla Bengtsson², Henrik Källberg³, Lars Klareskog⁴ and Lars Alfredsson², ¹Nobels vag13, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose Exposure to silica is a well-defined inhalation exposure, and is known to be associated with moderately increased rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk, with the effect…
Abstract Number: 1076 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
U.S. Geographic Trends in the Distribution and Treatment Practices of Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Analysis of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry
Jennifer M.P. Woo^1,2, Ornella J. Rullo¹, Deborah K. McCurdy³ and The CARRA Registry Investigators⁴, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, UCLA Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The treatment of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (jSLE) often requires complex medication regimens in order to address the different disease manifestations. Despite the limited…
Abstract Number: 2892 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Relative Risk of Incident NON-Ischemic Heart Failure in Prevalent Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ängla Mantel¹, Marie Holmqvist², Johan Askling³, Lars Lund⁴ and Daniel Andersson⁵, ¹Dept of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Dept of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska Institutet, Unit of Cardiology section for Heart Failure. Department of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Karolinska Institutet, Unit of Cardiology section for heart failure. Department of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be at increased risk of developing heart failure (HF). Inflammatory activity has been linked to the pathogenesis of…
Abstract Number: 928 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Multinational Study of the Epidemiology, Treatment and Outcome of Childhood Arthritis: Preliminary Data from 6,940 Patients
Alessandro Consolaro¹, Amita Aggarwal², Troels Herlin³, Olga Vougiouka⁴, Rubén Burgos-Vargas⁵, Ilonka Orban⁶, Nahid Shafaie⁷, Maria Trachana⁸, Lidia Rutkowska-Sak⁹, Ingrida Rumba-Rozenfelde¹⁰, Dimitrina Mihaylova¹¹, Alberto Martini^12,13 and Angelo Ravelli^1,14, ¹Pediatria II, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ²Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ³Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴P. A. Kyriakou Childrens Hospital of Athens University, Athens, Greece, ⁵Hospital General de Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁶National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary, ⁷Rheumatology Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, ⁸Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁹Institute of Rheumatology, Warsaw, Poland, ¹⁰University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, ¹¹University Children Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria, ¹²Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ¹³University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ¹⁴Istituto Giannina Gaslini and University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose The epidemiology of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is known to be variable worldwide and the therapeutic approach to JIA is not standardized. Moreover, the…

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