Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 0974 • ACR Convergence 2023
Validation of Boolean 2.0 Criteria for Assessing Remission and Predicting Quality of Life in Korean Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Undergoing Targeted Therapy
Soo-Kyung Cho¹, Yeo-Jin Song¹, Jungyong Han², Hye Won Kim³, Eunwoo Nam³ and Yoon-Kyoung Sung¹, ¹Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ²Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ³Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) focuses on achieving remission as a treatment goal. The updated ACR/EULAR remission definition (Boolean criteria 2.0) has raised…
Abstract Number: 1131 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Phenotypes of IgG4-related Disease in a Multi-ethnic Singapore Cohort
Choon Guan Chua¹, Weida Chew¹, Jeggrey Kay Wee Kam¹, Hwee-Pin Phua¹, Chengzi Chow¹, Carol Yee-Leng Ng¹, Wei-Yen Lim¹, Ru Sin Lim¹, Jereme Yijin Gan¹, Mung-Ee Loh¹, Tianrong Yeo², David Zhiwei Law¹, Stephrene Seok Wei Chan³, Amanda Francesca Ya-Fang Cheang⁴, Yong-Howe Ho¹ and Charles Kien-Fong Vu¹, ¹Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²National Neurology Institute, Singapore, Singapore, ³National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Woodlands Health Campus, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated condition that is heterogenous and can result in organ failure. To understand the disease profile of our local…
Abstract Number: 1628 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Impact of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease on the Risk of Dementia in Rheumatoid Arthritis. a Mediation Analysis
Edward Lovering¹, Chanakya Kodishala², Rakesh Kumar¹, Cynthia Crowson¹, Ryan Lennon¹, John Davis¹ and Elena Myasoedova¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Alzheimer's disease and related dementias have an immense disease burden, with predicted continuous increase in incidence and prevalence. Systemic inflammation plays a major role…
Abstract Number: 1824 • ACR Convergence 2023
Breakthrough COVID-19 and Severity After Vaccination Among Pregnant Persons with Rheumatic Diseases
Anna Sutton¹, Carolyn Hilliard², Qiuyuan Qin³, Alfred Jared Anzalone⁴, Mary Toth⁵, Rena Patel⁶ and Namrata Singh⁷, ¹Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Woodinville, WA, ²Department of Internal Medicine SSM Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ³Department of Public Health, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁴Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Nemours Foundation, Orlando, FL, ⁶Departments of Medicine and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁷University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Acknowledgment: Contributed on behalf of the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) ConsortiumIndividuals with rheumatologic diseases (RD) are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 compared…
Abstract Number: 2199 • ACR Convergence 2023
Four-year Secukinumab Treatment Outcomes in Axial Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Treated in Routine Care: Results from the EuroSpA Collaboration
Marion Pons¹, Stylianos Georgiadis¹, Zohra Faizy Ahmadzay², Mikkel Østergaard³, Bente Glintborg¹, Jette Heberg¹, Sara Nysom Christiansen¹, Simon Horskjær Rasmussen¹, Isabel Castrejon⁴, Fernando Alonso⁵, Karin Laas⁶, Sigrid Vorobjov⁷, Nikita Khmelinskii⁸, Jakub Zavada⁹, Adrian Ciurea¹⁰, Michael Nissen¹¹, Brigitte Michelsen¹², Pawel Mielnik¹³, Anne Gitte Loft¹⁴, Ziga Rotar¹⁵, Katja Perdan Pirkmajer¹⁶, Gary Macfarlane¹⁷, Gareth T. Jones¹⁷, Dan Nordstrom¹⁸, Anna-Mari Hokkanen¹⁹, Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma²⁰, Johan Karlsson Wallman²¹, Bjorn Gudbjornsson²², olafur Palsson²³, Merete Hetland¹ and Lykke Ørnbjerg¹, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ⁷National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia, ⁸Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁹Institute of Rheumatology; Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹⁰University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹¹Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹²Rigshospitalet Glostrup; Diakonhjemmet Hospital; Sørlandet Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹³Section for Rheumatology, Helse Førde, Førde, Norway, ¹⁴Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, ¹⁵University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁶University Medical Centre Ljubljana; University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁷Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁹Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ²⁰Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²¹Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ²²Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ²³Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are part of the spondylarthritis spectrum that can be treated with secukinumab, a fully human IgG1 monoclonal…
Abstract Number: 2428 • ACR Convergence 2023
Unclosing Premature Mortality Gap Among Gout Patients in the US General Population, Independent of Serum Urate and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Natalie McCormick¹, Kehuan Lin², Chio Yokose³, Na Lu⁴, Yuqing Zhang¹ and Hyon K. Choi⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Channing Division of Network Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: A recent UK study reported a transient increased cardiovascular risk after gout flare episodes [Cipolletta et al. JAMA 2022], which may translate to premature…
Abstract Number: 0128 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incidence, Trends, and Determinants of Multimorbidity in Systemic Sclerosis: Data from a Population-based Cohort
Anukul Karn¹, Sara Achenbach², Alicia Hinze³, Cynthia Crowson¹ and Ashima Makol², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the burden, longitudinal trends, and drivers of multimorbidity (MM; the presence of ≥2 morbidities) in patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) vs. age-…
Abstract Number: 0353 • ACR Convergence 2023
Validation of Claims-based Algorithms for Newly Diagnosed Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Using Machine Learning Methods
Patricia Hoffman¹, Lauren Parlett², Daniel Beachler², Daniel Reiff³, Sarah McGuire¹, Sonia Pothraj¹, Lakshmi Moorthy¹, Cynthia Salvant⁴, Dawn Koffman⁵, Sanika Rege⁵, Cecilia Huang⁵, Matthew Iozzio⁵, Kevin Schott², Kevin Haynes⁶, Amy Davidow⁷, Stephen Crystal⁸, Tobias Gerhard⁵, Brian Strom⁹, Carlos Rose¹⁰ and Daniel Horton⁴, ¹Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ²Carelon, Wilmington, DE, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁵Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁶Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Raritan, NJ, ⁷New York University, New York, NY, ⁸Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁹Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, ¹⁰Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Administrative claims databases represent important settings for studying large populations with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), but prior efforts to validate diagnostic algorithms for JIA…
Abstract Number: 0667 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in Systemic Sclerosis: A Population-based Study
Jiwon Hwang¹, Yeonghee Eun², Kyungdo Han³ and Joong Kyong Ahn², ¹Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea, ²Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have suggested a link between systemic sclerosis (SSc) and cardiovascular disease, but large-scale data are still lacking due to the nature of…
Abstract Number: 0975 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association of HLA-DRB1 Alleles with Ischemic Events and Mortality in a Multi-ethnic Community-living Population
Manmeet Kaur¹, Ronit Katz², Michael H. Criqui¹, Maripat Corr¹, Wendy S. Post³, Matthew Budoff⁴, Gerald P. Morris⁵ and Jan Hughes-Austin⁵, ¹University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1 alleles with specific common amino acids referred to as "the shared epitope (SE)", have been linked to cardiovascular mortality…
Abstract Number: 1174 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anti-HMGCR Immune-mediated Necrotising Myopathy: Calculation of Incidence and Confirmation of Low Malignancy Risk in Two Independent Cohorts. a Retrospective Case Review
Thomas Khoo¹, Xia Lyu², James Lilleker¹, Janine Lamb¹, Vidya Limaye³ and Hector Chinoy⁴, ¹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, Shanghai Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, ³Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴The University of Manchester, Sale, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Immune-mediated necrotising myopathy (IMNM) is a rare complication of statin therapy, associated with the development of anti-HMGCR antibodies directed against the enzymatic target of…
Abstract Number: 1653 • ACR Convergence 2023
Up or Down: Does Direction of Stair Climbing Difficulty Matter for Incident Functional Limitation and Knee Replacement in Knee Osteoarthritis?
Jason Jakiela¹, Thomas Bye¹, Sydney Liles² and Daniel White¹, ¹University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ²University of Delaware, Elkton, MD
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of functional limitation (FL) in older adults, with difficulty climbing stairs often the first-reported limitation. Overall increased…
Abstract Number: 1825 • ACR Convergence 2023
Exploring the Health and Cannabis Use Among Young and Middle-Aged Adults with Rheumatologic Conditions in Alberta, Canada
Elaine Yacyshyn, Simran Gulati, Samuel Lowe, Allyson Jones, Tarek Turk, Shelby Yamamoto, Kali Gregg, Linda Kolewaski, Joanne Olson, Pauline Paul and Cheryl Sadowski, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Interest in using cannabis for the management of pain and associated symptoms of rheumatic diseases is rapidly rising in young adults. This, in turn,…
Abstract Number: 2215 • ACR Convergence 2023
Can Axial Spondyloarthritis Unequivocally Be Diagnosed by Rheumatologists in Patients with Chronic Back Pain of Less Than Two Years Duration? The Primary Outcome of the Two-year SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE) Cohort
Mary Lucy marques¹, Sofia Ramiro², Miranda Van Lunteren³, Rosalinde Stal³, Robert BM Landewé⁴, Marleen van de Sande⁵, Karen Minde Fagerli⁶, Inger Jorid Berg⁶, Maikel van oosterhout⁷, Sofia Exarchou⁸, Roberta Ramonda⁹, Désirée van der Heijde² and Floris Van Gaalen³, ¹Leiden University Medical Center; Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (Department of Rheumatology), Coimbra, Portugal, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam and Zuyderland MC, Herleen, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology and Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute; Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center (ARC), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Groene Hart Ziekenhuis, Gouda, Netherlands, ⁸Lund University, Åkarp, Sweden, ⁹University of Padova, Department of Rheumatology, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Unacceptable diagnostic delay in axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) remains an issue. In 2008, the longitudinal SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE)-cohort started to assess the prevalence of…
Abstract Number: 2449 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cognitive Functioning Among Individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population-Based Study
Laura Plantinga¹, C. Barrett Bowling², Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas¹, Courtney Hoge¹, Bradley Pearce¹, Cristina Drenkard¹ and S. Sam Lim¹, ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Studies of objectively measured cognitive dysfunction in SLE are often limited by small sample size, limited generalizability, and lack of diversity. We sought to…

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