Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 0987 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk Factors and Predictors of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis: Data from the Mexican Adverse Events Registry (BIOBADAMEX)
Vijaya Rivera Terán¹, David Vega Morales², Miguel Angel Saavedra Salinas³, Iris Colunga⁴, Sandra Carrillo Vazquez⁵, Dafhne Miranda Hernández⁶, Sergio Durán Barragán⁷, Erick Adrián Zamora Tehozol⁸, Daniel Xavier Xibillé Friedman⁹, Angel Alejandro Castillo Ortiz¹⁰, Sandra Sicsik Ayala¹¹, Fedra Irazoque Palazuelos⁵, Julio César Casasola Vargas¹², Angelica Peña¹³, Omar Eloy Muñoz Monroy¹⁴, Azucena Ramos Sánchez², Luis Valdés Corona¹⁵, Javier Merayo-Chalico¹⁶, Estefania Torres Valdez¹³, Aleni Paz Viscarra¹⁵, Samara Mendieta Zerón¹⁷ and Deshiré Alpízar Rodríguez¹, ¹Colegio Mexicano de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, Mexico, ³IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁵Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁶Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁷Consulta Privada, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁸Centro Médico Pensiones, Mérida, Mexico, ⁹Práctica Privada, Cuernavaca, Mexico, ¹⁰Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, Mérida, Mexico, ¹¹Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Torreón, Mexico, ¹²Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de México y Municipios, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹³Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Querétaro, Mexico, ¹⁴Hospital Central Militar, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁵Práctica Privada, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁶Reumátika, Centro de Vanguardia en Reumatología de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁷Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de México y Municipios, Toluca, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Genetic, demographic, clinical, and immunological factors have been related with the response to treatment in inflammatory rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and…
Abstract Number: 1399 • ACR Convergence 2023
Trends in Proportionate Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Era of Biologic Therapies: Analysis of US Death Certificate Data
Ansaam Daoud¹, Sadeer Al-Kindi² and Marina Nighat Magrey³, ¹University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Akron, OH, ²Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ³Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, partly due to systemic inflammation, and an increased risk of vascular mortality.…
Abstract Number: 1814 • ACR Convergence 2023
Silica and Other Exposures from Jobs and Hobbies Are Associated with Myositis Phenotype in a National Myositis Registry
Christine Parks¹, Jesse Wilkerson², Payam Noroozi Farhad³, Nastaran Bayat⁴, Adam Schiffenbauer⁵, Hermine Brunner⁶, Robert Goldberg⁷, Frederick Miller⁸ and Lisa Rider⁵, ¹Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²NIEHS/NIH, Durham, NC, ³Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Social Scientific Systems, DLH Holdings Corp, Silver Spring, MD, ⁵NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Myositis Foundation, Alexandria, VA, ⁸NIH, NIEHS, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Growing evidence suggests that environmental factors may contribute to disease phenotype among patients diagnosed with the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM),…
Abstract Number: 2017 • ACR Convergence 2023
Lupus Nephritis Is Strongly Associated with Low Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporosis in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Edgar Wiebe¹, Elisa Schilling², Dörte Huscher³, Andriko Palmowski⁴, Zhivana Boyadzhieva⁵, Sandra Hermann¹, Burkhard Muche¹, Tobias Alexander⁶, Falk Hiepe⁵ and Frank Buttgereit¹, ¹Charité Universitätsmedizin, Dept. Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Dept. Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany, ³Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology and Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité Universitatsmedizine - Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Charité Universiätsmedizin Berlin, Dept. Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk for osteoporosis and fragility fractures. This risk is mediated by a variety of factors…
Abstract Number: 2319 • ACR Convergence 2023
Changes in the Causes and Predictors of Lupus Mortality in Spain Through the Last Decades: Data from the RELESSER Registry
Clara Moriano Morales¹, Jaime Calvo- Alén², Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa³, MARIA ELVIRA DIEZ ALVAREZ¹, Cristina Bermúdez⁴, JULIA MARTINEZ BARRIO⁵, Maria Galindo-Izquierdo⁶, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués⁷, Eva Tomero Muriel⁸, Antonio Fernandez-Nebro⁹, Mercedes Freire González¹⁰, Olaia Fernandez-Berrizbeitia¹¹, Ana Pérez Gómez¹², Esther Uriarte Isacelaya¹³, carlos Marras Fernández-Cid¹⁴, Carlos Montilla-Morales¹⁵, Gregorio Santos Soler¹⁶, Ricardo Blanco¹⁷, Manuel Rodríguez-Gómez¹⁸, PALOMA VELA¹⁹, Alina Boteanu²⁰, Javier Narvaez²¹, Victor Martinez-Taboada²², Blanca Hernández-Cruz²³, Jose Luis Andreu-Sánchez²⁴, José Ángel Hernández Beriain²⁵, Lorena Expósito²⁶, Raúl Menor-Almagro²⁷, Mónica Ibáñez-Barceló²⁸, Ivan Castellvi²⁹, Carles Galisteo³⁰, Enrique Raya³¹, Víctor Quevedo-Vila³², Tomás Vazquez-Rodriguez³³, jesús Ibáñez³⁴ and Jose-Maria Pego-Reigosa³⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Bioaraba Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁴Bioaraba Research Unit, Vitoria, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, University Hospital of 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Private Practice, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ¹¹Spanish Health Care Service, Bilbao, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Principe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, University Hospital of Donosti, San Sebastián, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Marina Baixa Villajoyosa, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Departamento de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen de la Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ²⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain, ²⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology, Hospital de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Jerez, Puerto De Santa María, Spain, ²⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ²⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Just Desvern, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Universitario Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ³¹Rheumatology, Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ³²Rheumatology, Hospital Monforte de Lemos, Lugo, Spain, ³³Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain, ³⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Ribera Povisa, Vigo, Spain, ³⁵Rheumatology, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: The mortality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) varies largely across different countries most probably due to social, healthcare and ethnic differences. We need to…
Abstract Number: 2563 • ACR Convergence 2023
Causal Associations Between Gut Microbiota and Rheumatic Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Ying Hu¹, Hongyi He², Yuqing Zhang³, Houchen Lyu⁴, Chao Zeng², Jie Wei⁵ and Guanghua Lei², ¹Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China, ²Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, ³Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Chinese PLA General Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Beijing, China, ⁵Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China
Background/Purpose: Gut microbiota has been increasingly recognized as important and novel targets for rheumatic diseases. However, previous studies mostly examined the associations, leaving causality largely…
Abstract Number: 0107 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Antiphospholipid Syndrome on Mortality of Hospitalized Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Retrospective Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample Database 2020
Sami Rabah, Lincoln Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is recognized for its association with an elevated risk of ischemic strokes and other thromboembolic events. This study aims to compare…
Abstract Number: 0181 • ACR Convergence 2023
Increased Prevalence of and Acute Hospital Events Among Medicare Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients Living in Socially Vulnerable Counties in the United States
Emily Cosentino, John Pearce and Jim Oates, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is more prevalent and has greater adverse health outcomes in women, minorities, and individuals with low socioeconomic status (SES), particularly…
Abstract Number: 0504 • ACR Convergence 2023
Burden of Disease of Psoriatic Arthritis in Latin America: A Systemic Review of Literature
Wilson Bautista-Molano¹, Linda Ibata², Susan Martinez² and Andrea Chacon², ¹University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia, ²InValue Health Solutions, Bogotá, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory pathology that generates a substantial and progressive deterioration of functionality and quality of life. It is associated…
Abstract Number: 0819 • ACR Convergence 2023
Regression to the Mean for Physical Function and Quality of Life in Trials for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
Martin Englund and Aleksandra Turkiewicz, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Improvement in pain reported in clinical trials for osteoarthritis (OA) is typically strongly depending on the regression-to-the-mean phenomenon. Regression to the mean has been…
Abstract Number: 0988 • ACR Convergence 2023
Elderly Patients’ Discontinuation of Biologic DMARDs in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: Data from the Mexican Adverse Events Registry (BIOBADAMEX)
Vijaya Rivera Terán¹, David Vega Morales², Miguel Angel Saavedra Salinas³, Daniel Xavier Xibillé Friedman⁴, Iris Colunga⁵, Sandra Carrillo Vazquez⁶, Dafhne Miranda Hernández⁷, Sergio Durán Barragán⁸, Erick Adrián Zamora Tehozol⁹, Angel Alejandro Castillo Ortiz¹⁰, Sandra Sicsik Ayala¹¹, Fedra Irazoque Palazuelos⁶, Julio César Casasola Vargas¹², Angelica Peña¹³, Omar Eloy Muñoz Monroy¹⁴, Azucena Ramos Sánchez², Luis Valdés Corona¹⁵, Javier Merayo-Chalico¹⁶, Estefania Torres Valdez¹³, Aleni Paz Viscarra¹⁵ and Deshiré Alpízar Rodríguez¹, ¹Colegio Mexicano de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, Mexico, ³IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Práctica Privada, Cuernavaca, Mexico, ⁵Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁶Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁷Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸Consulta Privada, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁹Centro Médico Pensiones, Mérida, Mexico, ¹⁰Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, Mérida, Mexico, ¹¹Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Torreón, Mexico, ¹²Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de México y Municipios, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹³Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Querétaro, Mexico, ¹⁴Hospital Central Militar, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁵Práctica Privada, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁶Reumátika, Centro de Vanguardia en Reumatología de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The approach to elderly patients (≥60 years) with rheumatic diseases offers certain difficulties and uncertainties. Older adults are a particularly vulnerable group who often…
Abstract Number: 1417 • ACR Convergence 2023
Do Long-term Patient-reported Outcomes Improve Similarly in Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients Treated with Secukinumab? Results from the EuroSpA Collaboration
Marion Pons¹, Simon Horskjær Rasmussen¹, Sara Nysom Christiansen¹, Brigitte Michelsen², Bente Glintborg¹, Bjorn Gudbjornsson³, Gerdur Maria Grondal⁴, Jiri Vencovsky⁵, Anne Gitte Loft⁶, Ziga Rotar⁷, Katja Perdan Pirkmajer⁸, Michael Nissen⁹, Burkhard Moeller¹⁰, Gary Macfarlane¹¹, Gareth T. Jones¹¹, Florenzo Iannone¹², Roberto F. Caporali¹³, Karin Laas¹⁴, Sigrid Vorobjov¹⁵, Daniela Di Giuseppe¹⁶, Belkis Nihan Coskun¹⁷, Burcu Yagız¹⁷, Sella Provan¹⁸, Karen Fagerli¹⁸, Isabel Castrejon¹⁹, Lucia Otero-Valera²⁰, Marleen van de Sande²¹, Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma²², Dan Nordstrom²³, Laura Kuusalo²⁴, Elsa Vieira-Sousa²⁵, Miguel Bernardes²⁶, Tor Olofsson²⁷, Jana Baranová²⁸, Merete Hetland¹, Mikkel Østergaard²⁹ and Lykke Ørnbjerg¹, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁴Department for Rheumatology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, ⁷University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁸University Medical Centre Ljubljana; University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁹Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹⁰Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹¹Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ¹³Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ¹⁵National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia, ¹⁶Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey, ¹⁸Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Amsterdam 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, ²²Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²³Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ²⁴Centre for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, ²⁵Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ²⁶Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal, ²⁷Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ²⁸Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Brno, Czech Republic, ²⁹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are important in the treatment evaluation of patients with spondyloarthritis, including axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). For secukinumab,…
Abstract Number: 1816 • ACR Convergence 2023
Hyperuricemia – Especially “Metabolic Hyperuricemia” – Is Independently Associated with Higher Risk of Fatty Liver
Janis Timsans¹, Jenni Kauppi¹, Hannu Kautiainen² and Markku Kauppi³, ¹Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland, ²University of Helsinki, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland, ³University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Background/Purpose: Elevated serum uric acid (SUA) level is rather prevalent in the general population, and it is associated with numerous comorbidities and mortality. Etiology of…
Abstract Number: 2035 • ACR Convergence 2023
Intimate Partner Violence Is Associated with a Poorer Health-Related Quality of Life (HR-QoL) in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematous
Emmanuel Campos-Tinajero¹, Griselda Serna-Peña², Jorge A. Esquivel-Valerio¹, Rodrigo J. Castillo-de la Garza³, Gisela García Arellano⁴, Pablo Gamez-Siller¹, Estefania Aguilar-Rivera⁵, Patricia L. Gonzalez-Garcia¹ and Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado⁶, ¹Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Monterrey, Mexico, ²Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Guadalupe, Mexico, ³Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Monterrey, Mexico, ⁵Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁶Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory, multisystemic, chronic disease more prevalent in women and can significantly impact health-related quality of life (HRQoL).1 Sociodemographic…
Abstract Number: 2378 • ACR Convergence 2023
Longitudinal Trajectories of Renal Function in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Findings from the Expanded Mass General Brigham Cohort
Jennifer Hanberg¹, Claire Cook¹, Xiaoqing Fu¹, Hyon K. Choi², Yuqing Zhang³ and Zachary Wallace⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) commonly causes renal damage, leading to a spectrum of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Quantitative descriptions of…

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