Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 1404 • ACR Convergence 2021
Lower Frequency of Comorbidities Prior to Onset of Giant Cell Arteritis; A Population-based Study
jigisha rakholiya¹, Mohanad Elfishawi¹, Tina Gunderson¹, Cynthia Crowson², Eric Matteson³, Carl Turesson⁴, Karin Wadström⁵, Cornelia Weyand¹, Matthew Koster¹ and Kenneth Warrington⁶, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN, ³Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ⁴Lund University, Malm, Sweden, ⁵Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Background/Purpose: Advancing age, female sex and white race are well-known risk factors for development of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Recent studies suggest that certain metabolic…
Abstract Number: 0092 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Systemic Rheumatic Diseases Hospitalized for COVID-19 at a Large Academic Center in New York City
Caroline Siegel¹, Jacky Choi², Debra D'Angelo², Paul Christos², Lindsay Lally¹, Parag Goyal², Lisa Mandl¹ and Medha Barbhaiya¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: While patients with systemic rheumatic diseases (SRDs) are in general more vulnerable to infections due to their underlying immune dysregulation and immunomodulatory therapies, data…
Abstract Number: 0343 • ACR Convergence 2021
Overview of the Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (cSLE) Cohort in the CARRA Registry
Christine Bacha¹, Anne Dennos², Andrea Knight³, Laura Schanberg⁴, Mary Beth Son⁵, Emily von Scheven⁶, Shahla Amin⁷, Charles Helmick⁸ and Aimee Hersh⁹, ¹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Grandview Heights, OH, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁶University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷CARRA, Durham, NC, ⁸Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry is a multi-center, observational registry that collects demographic, clinical, and provider- and patient-reported data from…
Abstract Number: 0570 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Narrowed, but Persistent Mortality Gap: A National, Matched Cohort Study in U.S. Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis from 2000-2017
Tate Johnson¹, Yangyuna Yang², Punyasha Roul², Brian Sauer³, Joshua Baker⁴, Ted Mikuls² and Bryant England², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Elkhorn, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is recognized to increase the risk of premature death. The impact of RA on survival varies across causes of death, though…
Abstract Number: 0723 • ACR Convergence 2021
Size of Regression to the Mean in First-Line Interventions for Osteoarthritis: An Illusion of Effectiveness
Martin Englund and Aleksandra Turkiewicz, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Persons who seek treatment for osteoarthritis (OA) are likely doing so when experiencing a flare-up in pain. Due to natural fluctuation of pain, this…
Abstract Number: 1035 • ACR Convergence 2021
The ELSA-Brasil Musculoskeletal Cohort (ELSA-Brasil MSK): Design, Implementation and Prevalence of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis at Baseline
Rosa Weiss Telles¹, Luciana Machado², Luciana Costa-Silva³ and Sandhi Maria Barreto¹, ¹Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ²Clinical Hospital, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ³Instituto Hermes Pardini. Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders, including low back pain and osteoarthritis (OA), are ranked among the top causes of years lived with disability and increased risk-attributable…
Abstract Number: 1406 • ACR Convergence 2021
Incidence and General Clinical Features of Giant Cell Arteritis in the ARTESER Multicenter Study
Jesús T. Sánchez-Costa¹, Rafael B. Melero-González², Elisa Fernández-Fernández³, María T. Silva-Diaz⁴, Joaquín M. Belzunegui⁵, Clara Moriano⁶, Julio Sánchez⁷, Judit Lluch⁸, Itziar Calvo⁹, Vicente Aldasoro¹⁰, Lydia Abasolo¹¹, Javier Loricera¹², Alberto Ruíz-Román¹³, Santos Castañeda¹⁴, Patricia Moya¹⁵, María J. Garcia-Villanueva¹⁶, Vanessa A. Navarro-Angeles¹⁷, Carles Galisteo¹⁸, Anne Riveros-Frutos¹⁹, Jose A. Román-Ivorra²⁰, Selene Labrada-Arrabal²¹, Margarida Vasques-Rocha²², Carlota L. Iñiguez-Ubiaga²³, María García-González²⁴, Clara Molina-Almela²⁵, María Alcalde-Villar²⁶, Antonio Juan Mas²⁷, Eugenio De Miguel²⁸, Javier Narvaez²⁹, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay³⁰, Noemí Garrido-Puñal¹³, Paula V. Estrada-Alarcon¹⁷ and Ricardo Blanco³¹, ¹Research unit, Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ³Rheumatology department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de La Coruña, Coruña, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁹Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁰Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi. Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli, Saadell, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²¹Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, ²⁵Rheumatology Department, Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁰Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ³¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Epidemiological information on Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) comes mainly from the Scandinavian countries of northern Europe, which show a higher incidence than the countries…
Abstract Number: 0094 • ACR Convergence 2021
Characteristics Associated with Severe Outcomes in Patients with Systemic Rheumatic Diseases Hospitalized for COVID-19 in New York City
Caroline Siegel¹, Jacky Choi², Debra D'Angelo², Paul Christos², Lindsay Lally¹, Parag Goyal², Lisa Mandl¹ and Medha Barbhaiya¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic rheumatic diseases (SRD) are potentially at increased risk of severe outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection due to their underlying immune dysregulation and…
Abstract Number: 0368 • ACR Convergence 2021
Geographical Prevalence of Family History in Patients with Axial SpA and Its Association with HLA-B27: Data from the Worldwide ASAS-perSpA Study
Miranda van Lunteren¹, Anne Boel¹, Clementina López Medina², Joachim Sieper³, Désirée van der Heijde⁴ and Floris van Gaalen¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Reina Sofia Hospital, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain/ Department of Rheumatology, University of Paris, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ³Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Research has shown that in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), the most common form of spondyloarthritis (SpA) in a family history is axSpA. Moreover,…
Abstract Number: 0571 • ACR Convergence 2021
The National Incidence of Clinically Diagnosed Psoriatic Arthritis in Sweden 2014-2016
Sofia Exarchou¹, Daniela Di Giuseppe², Gerd-Marie Alenius³, Eva Klingberg⁴, Valgerdur Sigurdardottir⁵, Sara Wedrén⁶, Ulf Lindström⁷, Carl Turesson⁸, Lennart Jacobsson⁷, Johan Askling² and Johan Karlsson Wallman⁹, ¹Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå, Sweden, ⁴University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁵Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Falun Hospital, Falun, Sweden, ⁶Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁸Lund University, Malm, Sweden, ⁹Lund University and Skane University Hospital, Hjarup, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) incidence estimates vary considerably, and nationwide estimates are sparse. In Sweden, PsA is typically diagnosed in specialized care, although a limited…
Abstract Number: 0768 • ACR Convergence 2021
Poverty and Length of Stay in Children Hospitalized with Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Analysis of the 2016 Kids’ Inpatient Database
William Soulsby, Erica Lawson and Matthew Pantell, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have demonstrated alarming health disparities in adult patients with SLE, including higher disease severity and activity among Hispanic and Black patients. Pediatric…
Abstract Number: 1042 • ACR Convergence 2021
Multimorbidity Prevalence in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population-Based Study
Ali Duarte-Garcia¹, Maria Valenzuela-Almada², Mehmet Hocaoglu³, Jesse Dabit¹, Shirley-Ann Osei-Onomah¹, Sebastian Vallejo-Ramos¹, Kurt Greenlund⁴, Tina Gunderson¹, Kamil Barbour⁴ and Cynthia Crowson⁵, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³University of Maryland Medical Center, Midtown Campus, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a 3-fold increase in all-cause mortality, compared to the general population. Young patients with SLE are 40…
Abstract Number: 1556 • ACR Convergence 2021
Mortality Rate Related to COVID-19 in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs)
Ines Perez - Sancristobal¹, Dalifer Freites¹, Leticia Lopez Pedraza², Maria Paula Alvarez Hernandez¹, Jose Ignacio Colomer³, Alfredo Madrid - Garcia², Benjamin Fernandez¹, Cristina Vadillo¹, Luis Rodriguez Rodriguez⁴, Arkaitz Mucientes², Leticia Leon - Mateos² and Lydia Abasolo⁵, ¹Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Reumathology, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Reumathology, Madrid, Spain, ³Fundación para la Investigación Biomedica, Reumathology, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: In patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) and infected with Covid – 19, a) we want to assess the mortality rate (MR) related…
Abstract Number: 0096 • ACR Convergence 2021
The True Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in an Italian Cohort of Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Seroepidemiological Study
Gabriella Maioli¹, Ennio Giulio Favalli², Elisa Pesce³, Martina Biggioggero², Mauro Bombaci³, Elena Agape², Martina Martinovic³, Tanya Fabbris³, Elena Zagato³, Andrea Favalli³, Andrea Gobbini³, Sergio Abrignani³, Renata Grifantini³ and Roberto Caporali⁴, ¹Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Research Center for Adult and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ²ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ³Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare, Padiglione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi, Milan, Italy, ⁴Policlinico S. Matteo University, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Observational data have shown that rheumatic patients seem not to be more susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection neither to worse outcomes. However, the true prevalence…
Abstract Number: 0377 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Prevalence of Inflammatory Back Pain and HLA-B27 in a Large Population-Based Cohort in the Netherlands
Stan Kieskamp, Suzanne Arends, Elisabeth Brouwer, Hendrika Bootsma, Ilja Nolte and Anneke Spoorenberg, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Chronic low back pain (CLBP; back pain >3 months) with onset at age < 45 and inflammatory back pain (IBP) are regarded as early…

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