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  • Abstract Number: 1101 • ACR Convergence 2024

    The Contemporary Prevalence of Comorbid Gout and Chronic Kidney Disease, Two Common Conditions with High Morbidity, in the US General Population

    Chio Yokose1, Leo Lu2, Sharan Rai3, Natalie McCormick3 and Hyon K. Choi4, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, 2Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 4Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA

    Background/Purpose: Gout and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are both common conditions which are associated with high morbidity and mortality and often coexist. We sought to…
  • Abstract Number: 1397 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Temporal Trends in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (ERA) Patients with Moderate to Severe Disease Activity: A Multicenter Cohort Study of Treatment Strategies and Outcomes in Chinese Patients in the Modern Era

    Yafang Deng1, Chen Yu2, Lin Qiao1, Nan Jiang1, Yanhong Wang3, Xinping Tian1, Qian Wang1, Mengtao Li4 and Xiaofeng Zeng1, 1Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, 2Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Dong Cheng Qu, China (People's Republic), 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, 4Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China 2National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Ministry of Science & Technology, Beijing, China

    Background/Purpose: In the contemporary era, the continuous update of international rheumatoid arthritis (RA) guidelines has significantly impacted the diagnosis and management of RA patients in…
  • Abstract Number: 1869 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Analysis of Short-Term Side Effects Following COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancies Complicated by Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases

    Shunya Kaneshita1, Christina Chambers2, Diana Johnson1, Arthur Kavanaugh1, Richard Garfein1 and Gretchen Bandoli1, 1University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

    Background/Purpose: Pregnant women are particularly at risk of severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, which is why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
  • Abstract Number: 1896 • ACR Convergence 2024

    The Prevalence, Incidence, Risk Factors and Time to Diagnosis of Behcet’s Syndrome in England: A Retrospective Nested Case Control Study in Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Hospital Episode Statistics

    Priyanka Chandratre1, Joht Chandan2, Ben Hammond3, Rasiah Thayakaran3, Samuel Cusworth3, Nicola Adderley3 and Deva Situnayake4, 1The Ottawa Hospital and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2Institute of Applied Health Research, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 3Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 4Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: The prevalence and incidence of Behcet’s syndrome (BS) in the UK is unknown at an unselected population level. BS may be associated with phenotypically…
  • Abstract Number: 2126 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Analysis of the Evolution of Bone Mineral Density in the Spanish Population: Results of the OsteoSER Study

    Carmen Gomez Vaquero1, Marta Domínguez-Álvaro2, Daniel Seoane-Mato3, Pilar Peris4, Santos Castañeda5, Eduardo Kanterewicz Binstock6, Ramon Mazzucchelli7, Luis Arboleya8, Miguel Bernad9, Antonio Alvarez-Cienfuegos10, Blanca Correa11, Luis-Maria Jimenez-Liñan12, Carmen Mateo-Pascual13, Mª Mercedes Molina del Rio14, Mercedes Retamal-Ortiz15, Aida Fatima Lopez-Laguna16, Ruth Molera-Valero17, Sara Alvar-Pariente18, Antonio Pascual19, Adolfo Arias-Senso20, Nuria Perez-Gutierrez21, Soledad Garcia-Frias22, David Bouza-Alvarez23, Susana Sostres24, Daniel Suarez-Hernandez25, Ana Zamora-Casal26, Cristina Garcia-Ramirez27 and Enrique González-Dávila28, and OsteoSER Project Collaborative Group, 1Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, 08907 L'Hospitalet, Catalonia, Spain, 2Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, 3Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 4Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 5Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 6Hospital Universitari de Vic (Consorci Hospitalari de Vic), Barcelona, Spain, 7Hospital Universitario Fundacion Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain, 8Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, 9Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 10Conselleria de Sanitat/Hospital de la Vega Baja, Orihuela, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, 11Clínica Sanz y Correa, A Coruña, Spain, 12Hospital Don Benito-Villanueva, Don Benito, Spain, 13Centro de Salud Fuencarral, distrito Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain, 14Centro de Atención Primaria Viladecans Montbaig, Sant Climent de Llobregat, Spain, 15Centro de Salud Don Benito Oeste, Don Benito, Spain, 16Centro de Salud El Molar, El Molar, Spain, 17Centro de Salud Orihuela 1-El Rabaloche, Orihuela, Spain, 18Centro de Salud Malpica, Malpica, Spain, 19Centro de salud Ronda-Norte y Ronda-Sur Santa Bárbara, Ronda, Spain, 20Centro de Salud de Santa Amalia, Santa Amalia, Spain, 21Centro de Atención Primaria Ramona Via i Pros, El Prat de Llobregat, Spain, 22Centro de Salud de Cortes de la Frontera, Cortes de la Frontera, Spain, 23Centro de Salud Elviña Mesoiro, A Coruña, Spain, 24Centro de Atención Primaria Cap 17 de setembre, El Prat de Llobregat, Spain, 25Centro de Salud de Benejuzar, Benezujar, Spain, 26Centro de Salud Os Mallos, A Coruña, Spain, 27Centro de Salud Ronda-Sur Santa Bárbara, Ronda, Spain, 28Departamento de Matemáticas, Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad La Laguna, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Spain

    Background/Purpose: The bone mineral density (BMD) reference data for the Spanish population comes from the study Multicentre Research Project on Osteoporosis (MPRO), concluded in 1989.Our…
  • Abstract Number: 2513 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Frequency, Diagnosis, and Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica in Germany – Database Analysis of Medical Insurance Data

    Wolfgang Schmidt1, Marco Alibone2, Paul Ludwig2, Dominik Obermüller2, Dennis Häckl3, Katrin Tönnessen4, Mirjam Fließer4, Franziska Karl4, Hien Nguyen4, Annika Boas4 and Nils Venhoff5, 1Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2InGef-Institute for Applied Health Research Berlin GmbH, Berlin, Germany, 3WIG2 GmbH, Leipzig, Germany, 4Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, 5Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Internal Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Freiburg, Germany

    Background/Purpose: To date, there is limited data on the epidemiology of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in Germany. National prevalence estimates suggest only 69,000 affected individuals, which…
  • Abstract Number: 0134 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Use of Oral Contraceptives in Females with Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Venous Thromboembolism: United Kingdom-population Based Study

    James Galloway1, Victoria Basey2, Anna Barkaway3, Simon de Lusignan4 and Maya H. Buch5, 1Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 2Pfizer UK, Tadworth, United Kingdom, 3Pfizer, Tadworth, United Kingdom, 4Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom, 5Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences, University of Manchester, and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: While the use of oral contraceptives in females with immune mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is acknowledged as a risk factor…
  • Abstract Number: 0167 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Epidemiology of Falls in a Diverse Cohort of Adults with SLE

    Laura Plantinga1, Charmayne M. Dunlop-Thomas2, Courtney Hoge3, Jinoos Yazdany4 and C. Barrett Bowling5, 1University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, 3Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 4UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 5Duke University, Durham, NC

    Background/Purpose: While often preventable, falls are a common, costly, and serious outcome in the U.S. population: more than one in four adults ³65 years old…
  • Abstract Number: 0477 • ACR Convergence 2024

    The Global Prevalence of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Hari Prasanna1, Charles Inderjeeth2, Johannes Nossent3 and KHALID ALMUTAIRI4, 1University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 2SCGH and OPH Group & University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 3University of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 4The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that severely impacts the health outcomes of RA patients. Despite this, the…
  • Abstract Number: 0793 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Secular Changes in Widespread Pain Across Two Generations: The Framingham Heart Study

    David Felson1, Juan-Pablo Zertuche1, Nene Ukonu1, mike LaValley2, Margaret Clancy3 and Tuhina Neogi3, 1Boston University, Boston, MA, 2Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, 3Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: In the general community, widespread musculoskeletal pain is common and often disabling..  Epidemiologic surveys in the US and Europe in the 1990s and early…
  • Abstract Number: 0996 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Myocarditis Following Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 Vaccine: Epidemiology and Predisposition

    Enelle Mevorach, Adi Tabib and Dror Mevorach, Hadassah-University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

    Background/Purpose: Following Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine authorization, Israel initiated a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The vaccine caused a higher incidence of myocarditis in young males. Here,…
  • Abstract Number: 1102 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Risk of Mortality and Major Cardiovascular-Kidney Outcomes in Patients with Tophaceous versus Non-Tophaceous Gout

    Gregory Challener1, kevin sheng-kai ma1, Natalie McCormick1, Chio Yokose2, Alex Tinianow1 and Hyon K. Choi3, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA

    Background/Purpose: While it is well established that patients with gout have increased mortality risk compared to the general population [1, 2, 3], it is less…
  • Abstract Number: 1443 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Natural Course of Degenerative Lesions of the Spine on Radiographs and MRI in Axial SpondyloarthritisFollowed 10 Years in the DESIR Cohort

    Laura PINA VEGAS1, Miranda van Lunteren2, Damien Loeuille3, Caroline Morizot4, Esther Newsum5, Sofia Ramiro6, Floris van Gaalen7, Alain SARAUX8, Pascal Claudepierre9, Antoine Feydy10, Desiree van der Heijde11 and Monique Reijnierse1, 1Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, 3Phd, Nancy Vandoeuvre, Lorraine, France, 4Nancy University hospital, Nancy, France, 5Nij Smellinghe, Drachten, Netherlands, 6Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, 7LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, 8CHU Brest, Brest, France, 9CHU Henri Mondor, AP-HP/EpiDermE, UPEC, Créteil, France, 10CHU Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France, 11Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Radiographs and MRI are the two imaging techniques often used to assess structural lesions in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). A high prevalence of degenerative lesions…
  • Abstract Number: 1872 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Nationwide Analysis of Prosthetic Joint Complications with and Without Inflammatory Arthritis

    Annika Sengupta1, Faria Sami2 and Shilpa Arora3, 1John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, 2University of Alabama, Chicago, IL, 3Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: Prosthetic joint complications (PJC) are a major concern after joint replacement surgeries especially in patients with history of inflammatory arthritis. We aimed to compare…
  • Abstract Number: 1899 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Recurrent Heart Failure Hospitalization in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A National Veterans Affairs Matched Cohort Study

    Tate Johnson1, Yangyuna Yang1, Punyasha Roul2, Joshua Baker3, Gary Kunkel4, Sauer brian5, grant Cannon6, Ted Mikuls1 and Bryant England1, 1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2UNMC, Omaha, NE, 3University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 4University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, 5Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 6University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT

    Background/Purpose: People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at an increased risk of heart failure (HF), which is among the most burdensome chronic conditions and a…
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