Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 0994 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Onset of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
François Barde¹, Lucas Pacoureau², Alexis Elbaz², Raphaele Seror³ and Yann Nguyen⁴, ¹Inserm, CESP, Paris, France, ²Inserm, CESP, Villejuif, France, ³Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, le Kremlin Bicetre, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴Université Paris Saclay, Clichy, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) predominantly affects people over 50 years of age, with a female predominance. Its pathophysiological mechanism is currently under debate. In…
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: 0135 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Risk of Venous Thromboembolism Is Not Dependent on Disease Duration: United Kingdom Based Population Study
James Galloway¹, Victoria Basey², Saqib Rana³, 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: Risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is higher in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared to the general population; however whether this risk changes with…
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…

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