Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 1353 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between Frailty and Incident Cancer in Newly Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis
Bhavik Bansal¹, Laura Gold², Katherine Wysham³, James Andrews⁴, Alexa Meara⁵, Carolyn Presley⁶, Elad Sharon⁷, Jiha Lee⁸, Jennifer Barton⁹, Una Makris¹⁰ and Namrata Singh¹¹, ¹All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India, ²University of Washington, Seattle, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, COLUMBUS, OH, ⁶The Ohio State Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁷Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ¹⁰UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ¹¹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of cancer, but the underlying risk factors remain poorly understood. Frailty is linked to an…
Abstract Number: 1756 • ACR Convergence 2024
What Is the Impact of Prior TNF Inhibitor Treatment on the Time to Achieve Low Disease Activity and the Durability of Low Disease Activity? Real-world Results Based on 17 858 European Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Initiating a TNF Inhibitor or an IL-17A Inhibitor
Jette Heberg¹, Stylianos Georgiadis², Marion Pons³, Anne Gitte Loft⁴, Brigitte Michelsen⁵, Louise Linde³, Daniela DiGuiseppe⁶, Simon Horskjær Rasmussen³, Mehrdad Kazemi³, Gary Macfarlane⁷, Gareth Jones⁷, Karin Laas⁸, Sigrid Vorobjov⁹, Isabel Castrejon¹⁰, Ziga Rotar¹¹, Katja Perdan-Pikmajer¹¹, Ladislav Šenolt¹², Jana Baranová¹³, Bente Glintborg¹⁴, Adrian Ciurea¹⁵, Miguel Bernardes¹⁶, Paula Valente¹⁷, Bjorn Gudbjornsson¹⁸, Gerdur Gröndal¹⁸, Gunnstein Bakland¹⁹, Catalin Codreanu²⁰, Corina Mogosan²⁰, Florenzo Iannone²¹, Roberto Caporali²², Johan Karlsson Wallman²³, Vappu Rantalaiho²⁴, Ritva Peltomaa²⁵, Karel Pavelka²⁶, Pavel Horak²⁷, Diogo Esperança Almeida²⁸, Sara Dias Rodrigues²⁹, Lykke Oernbjerg², Mikkel Ostergaard³⁰ and Merete Hetland³¹, ¹Rigshospitalet Glostrup, København V, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ³Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, ⁵Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Diakonhjemmet Hospital and Sørlandet Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, ⁷University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ⁸East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ⁹National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia, ¹⁰Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹University Medical Centre Ljubljana and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹²Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹³Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Ltd., Brno, Czech Republic, ¹⁴DANBIO, Rigshospitalet Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Virum, Denmark, ¹⁵University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁶São João Hospital Center and FMUP, Lisboa, Portugal, ¹⁷Rheumatology Department, Hospital de São Sebastião, Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, ¹⁸Landspitali University Hospital and University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, ²⁰University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ²¹Rheumatology Unit- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", IT, Bari, Italy, ²²Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy, ²³Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ²⁴Tampere University Hospital, Tampere University and Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ²⁵Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ²⁶Institute of Rheumatology and Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ²⁷3rd Department of Internal Medicine - Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Olomouc & Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Olomouc, Olomoucky kraj, Czech Republic, ²⁸Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal, ²⁹Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Egas Moniz, Unidade Local de Saúde Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal, ³⁰Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, ³¹Rigshospitalet Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) and Interleukin-17Ai inhibitors (IL-17Ai) have shown effectiveness in achieving low disease activity (LDA) in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).…
Abstract Number: 1893 • ACR Convergence 2024
Hydroxychloroquine Use in Early Pregnancy and Risk of Preterm Delivery in a Californian Cohort of Lupus Pregnancy
Amadeia Rector¹, Emily Liu², Miranda Cantu³, Eliza Chakravarty⁴, Maurice Druzin⁵, Gary Shaw⁶, Michael Weisman⁷, Monique Hedderson² and Julia Simard⁸, ¹Stanford University, San Francisco, CA, ²Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, ³Patient partner, Portage, MI, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁶Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, ⁷Stanford University, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Preterm delivery (PTD) occurs 2-3 times more frequently in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compared to the general obstetric population. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a…
Abstract Number: 2055 • ACR Convergence 2024
Demographic and Ocular Characteristics of Scleritis Patients with Systemic Rheumatologic Disease in the IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight)
Laura Kopplin¹ and Karen Armbrust², ¹Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ²Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Scleritis is a rare, potentially vision threatening ocular inflammatory disease. 30-40% of scleritis is associated with systemic autoimmune diseases with reports of worse visual…
Abstract Number: 2489 • ACR Convergence 2024
Avacopan for Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) and Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) in a Real-World Setting
Naomi Patel¹, Ana Fernandes¹, Andrew King¹, Shruthi Srivatsan¹, Colebrook Johnson¹, Zachary Williams¹, Madison Negron¹, Caleb Bolden¹, Miao Lin¹, Bohang Jiang¹, Sam Oh², Darcy Trimpe², Sushmitha Inguva² and Zachary Wallace³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Avacopan is approved in the US for use in adults with severe active GPA or MPA alongside background immunosuppression. Efficacy and safety data on…
Abstract Number: 2681 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of Social Determinants of Health with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the United States: Nationally Representative Estimates for 2017-2021
Ami Vyas, Steven Cohen and Christine Eisenhower, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Background/Purpose: Careful assessment of individuals’ social determinants of health (SDOH) that affect systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is crucial, as such evidence will improve care and…
Abstract Number: 0126 • ACR Convergence 2023
Epidemiology and Retrospective Case-Control Analysis of IIM in the US Veteran Population
Vladimir Liarski, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy (IIM) - comprising polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), and inclusion body myositis (IBM) - is rare and difficult to study. We sought…
Abstract Number: 0299 • ACR Convergence 2023
Trends and Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy and Venous Thromboembolism: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Analysis from US (2016-2019)
Haseeb Chaudhary¹, Biraj Shrestha², Sarah Abi Doumeth³ and Maya Mattar⁴, ¹Case Western Reserve University, Westlake, OH, ²Tower Health System, Reading, PA, ³Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Recent evidence suggests increased prevalence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). The literature on the clinical implications of VTE…
Abstract Number: 0618 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incident versus Prevalent Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis in the EUSTAR Database: Different Disease Phenotypes and Prognosis
liubov Petelytska¹, Arthiha Velauthapillai², Lorenzo Tofani³, Patricia Carreira⁴, Giovanna Cuomo⁵, Eric Hachulla⁶, Ivan Castellvi⁷, Radim Becvar⁸, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁹, Paolo Airò¹⁰, Irena Litinsky¹¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹², Madelon Vonk¹³, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹⁴, Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁵, marco Matucci Cerinic¹⁶, Oliver Distler¹⁷ and Cosimo Bruni¹⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Department of Precision Medicine, “Luigi Vanvitelli” University of Campania, Naples, Italy, ⁶University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Just Desvern, Spain, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁹Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁰Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ¹¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ¹²University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁵Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Although 50% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) present with interstitial lung disease (ILD) at baseline, new onset of ILD can also occur later…
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…

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