Abstracts tagged "Epidemiologic methods"

Abstract Number: 2559 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mortality in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Compared to Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasis Alone, and the General Population
Alexis Ogdie¹, Kevin Haynes², Andrea Troxel², Thorvardur Love³, Hyon K. Choi⁴ and Joel Gelfand⁵, ¹Rheumatology and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania., Philadelphia, PA, ³Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁴Section of Rheumatology and the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania., Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Conflicting reports of the mortality risk among patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) exist in the literature, however excess mortality has been presumed given the…
Abstract Number: 90 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physical Function, Pain and Fatigue Are Related to Sleep Disturbance in Females with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cathrine Austad¹, Tore K. Kvien² and Till Uhlig², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Sleep quality is an important aspect of health and well-being and the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials group has identified sleep quality as…
Abstract Number: 2514 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Racial/Ethnic Trends in Incidence and Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Large Multi-Ethnic Managed Care Population
Aniket A. Kawatkar¹, Cecilia Portugal¹, Li-Hao Chu² and Rajan Iyer³, ¹Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, ²Department of Research and Evaluation,, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, ³Department of Research and Evaluation,, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
Background/Purpose: As epidemiologic studies throughout the world have shown significant variations, we sought to characterize racial differences in longitudinal epidemiologic trends of adult rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 66 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pre-Rheumatoid Arthritis (pre-RA) Subjects Had a Minority Excess with Clearly Low Serum Cortisol Levels and Females Had Lower Mean Androstenedione Levels Than Control (CN) Cohorts in Analysis of a Large Panel of Serum Steroids and Pituitary Hormones
Alfonse T. Masi¹, Kevin B. Elmore¹, Azeem A. Rehman¹, Jean C. Aldag¹ and Robert T. Chatterton², ¹Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, ²Obstetrics and Gynecology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Low serum DHEAS may predispose a minority of premenopausal women to RA. A comprehensive panel of serum steroids, their related product-to-precursor (P-P) ratios and…
Abstract Number: 2467 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tissue Lesions in Osteoarthritis Initiative Participants with Normal X-Rays and Risk Factors for Incident Cartilage Damage
Leena Sharma¹, Ali Guermazi², Orit Almagor¹, Michel Crema², Dorothy D. Dunlop³, Frank Roemer⁴, Marc C. Hochberg⁵, Charles Eaton⁶, Joan M. Bathon⁷, Rebecca D. Jackson⁸, W.J. Mysiw⁸, C. Kent Kwoh⁹, Michael C. Nevitt¹⁰ and Joan S. Chmiel¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, ⁷Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁸Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁹School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁰Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF (University of California, San Francisco), San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Understanding factors underlying initial development of knee OA is crucial to effective prevention strategy design. Our goals were to: 1) determine extent of tissue…
Abstract Number: 86 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Hypertension Diagnosis and Control Among a Primary Care Medically Homed Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Katya Voelker¹ and Christie M. Bartels², ¹Univ of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, AA, ²Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Longitudinal Hypertension Diagnosis and Control among a Primary Care Medically Homed Population with Rheumatoid ArthritisBackground/Purpose: Hypertension is a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD)…
Abstract Number: 2462 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Projecting the Direct Cost Burden of Osteoarthritis in Canada Using a Population-Based Microsimulation Model From [2010-2031]
Behnam Sharif¹, Jacek A. Kopec², Mushfiqur Rahman³, Nick Bansback⁴, Eric C. Sayre², Philippe Finès⁵, Hubert Wong⁶ and Aslam H. Anis⁴, ¹School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴St. Paul's Hospital, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Statistics Canada, 150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, St Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6Z 1Y6, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: POHEM-OA (Population Health Model-Osteoarthritis) is a population-based microsimulation model that uses Canadian Community Health Survey-2001 to generate the initial population and models every individual's…
Abstract Number: 65 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Inflammatory Biomarkers Correlated Stronger with a Panel of Serum Steroid and Pituitary Hormones in a Cohort of Pre-Rheumatoid Arthritis (pre-RA) Than in Non-RA Control (CN) Subjects
Alfonse T. Masi¹, Kevin B. Elmore¹, Azeem A. Rehman¹, Jean C. Aldag¹ and Robert T. Chatterton², ¹Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, ²Obstetrics and Gynecology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory cytokines influence steroid hormone production in tissue culture and affect serum levels and synovial fluid of active RA patients. Inflammatory biomarker and hormonal…
Abstract Number: 2134 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Changed Prognosis of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Karin Britsemmer¹ and Dirkjan van Schaardenburg², ¹Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute / Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Changed Prognosis of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Background/Purpose: The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has changed greatly during the past fifteen to twenty…
Abstract Number: 1642 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biologics and Mortality Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Results of a Population Based Study
Diane Lacaille¹, Michal Abrahamowicz², Eric C. Sayre³ and John Esdaile⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, University of British Columbia, Richmond, BC, Canada, ²Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Biologic agents, due to their effect on disease activity, may reduce the risk of premature mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We evaluated the association…
Abstract Number: 1128 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Different of Patterns Knee Pain Trajectories: Longitudinal Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)
Joseph Devich Jr.¹, Michael J. Hannon², Zhijie Wang², Robert M. Boudreau³ and C. Kent Kwoh⁴, ¹Imrp, UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is one of the most common forms of arthritis and the most common cause of disability among the elderly. Knee pain…

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