Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 0706 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Knee Pain over 10-13 Years in Middle-Aged Adults
Ambrish Singh, Brooklyn Fraser, Alison Venn, Leigh Blizzard, Changhai Ding and Benny Samuel Antony, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Background/Purpose: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterised by the clustering of central obesity with metabolic abnormalities. MetS has been suggested as having a role in osteoarthritis…
Abstract Number: 0865 • ACR Convergence 2022
Opioid Use in Youth with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)-related Arthritis
Atiye Bilgic Dagci¹, Joyce Chang², Rui Xiao³, Andrew Grossman⁴ and Pamela Weiss⁵, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Bala Cynwyd, PA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ⁵Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Glen Mills, PA
Background/Purpose: Opioid use is common among youth with IBD and associated with increased health care utilization and opioid dependence. Arthritis affects up to 20% of…
Abstract Number: 1204 • ACR Convergence 2022
An Increased Risk of Heart Failure and Heart Failure-Related Death Persists in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A National, Matched Cohort Study from 2000 to 2019
Tate Johnson¹, Yangyuna Yang², Punyasha Roul³, Windy Alonso², Joshua Baker⁴, Brian Sauer⁵, Grant Cannon⁶, Ted Mikuls⁷ and Bryant England², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Elkhorn, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Retired, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) predisposes patients to heart failure (HF), a leading cause of hospitalization in the US. While improvements in all-cause and cardiovascular (CVD)…
Abstract Number: 1449 • ACR Convergence 2022
Incidence and Risk Factors for Active Tuberculosis in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study
Lifan Zhang¹, xiaoqing zou², Lantian Xie³, Jianghao Liu³, zhengrong yang⁴, qifei cao⁴, Chunlei Li⁵, Xiaochuan Sun⁵, Fengchun ZHANG⁶, Yan Zhao⁷, Xiaofeng Zeng⁸ and Xiaoqing Liu¹, ¹Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Disease, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Peking Union Medical College, International Clinical Epidemiology Network; Center for Tuberculosis Research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Disease, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ³Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁴Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Disease, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁵Department of Internal medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Disease, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁶Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: The burden of tuberculosis (TB) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in China are both the second largest in the world. Patients with SLE are…
Abstract Number: 1662 • ACR Convergence 2022
Nationwide Distribution of Other Connective Tissue Disease (OCTD) and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) in Areas of Environmental Concern
Noelle Kosarek¹, Megan Romano², Robert Simms³, Angeline Andrew⁴, Erika Moen⁴, Patricia pioli⁴ and Michael Whitfield⁵, ¹Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁵Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, vascular abnormalities, and autoantibody formation. The etiology…
Abstract Number: 1821 • ACR Convergence 2022
Colchicine and Other Gout Medications and the Risk of COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization, and Subsequent Outcomes in People with Gout
Jasvinder singh¹, Timothy Bergquist², Vithal Madhira³ and Alfred Anzalone⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, WA, ³Palila Software, L.L.C., Reno, NV, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Ohama, NE
Background/Purpose: To examine whether the use of colchicine and other gout medications is associated with the risk of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and subsequent outcomes in…
Abstract Number: 2204 • ACR Convergence 2022
Interosseous Tendon Inflammation in the Hands: A Novel Feature of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis? Results from a Large MRI Study in Clinically Suspect Arthralgia
Bastiaan van Dijk¹, Hanna van Steenbergen¹, Monique Reijnierse², Sarah J.H. Khidir², Lambertus Wisse¹, Marco deRuiter¹ and Annette van der Helm-van Mil³, ¹Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Inflammation around the tendons of hand interosseous muscles (interosseous tendon inflammation; ITI) on MRI was recently reported for the first time in rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 0451 • ACR Convergence 2022
Incidence and Prevalence of ANCA-associated Vasculitis in Southern Sweden – a 23-year Study
Jens Rathmann¹, Mårten Segelmark², Martin Englund³ and Aladdin Mohammad⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ²Nephrology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Epidemiologic studies in ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV) have demonstrated geographical variation between different countries as well as increasing incidence and prevalence during the last…
Abstract Number: 0708 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of Early Antimalarial Adherence on Future Acute Care Utilization Among Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: A Population-based Study
Md Rashedul Hoque¹, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta², Diane Lacaille², Mary De Vera³, Yi Qian³, John Esdaile⁴ and Hui Xie⁵, ¹Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: To examine the association between antimalarial (AM) adherence and acute care utilization among newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 0876 • ACR Convergence 2022
Investigation of Predictive Factors for Active Disease Status Within 24 Months of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Diagnosis
Erin Balay¹ and Susan Shenoi², ¹University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center / University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatologic disease in children. JIA disease course and prognosis varies significantly between its seven categories, and…
Abstract Number: 1205 • ACR Convergence 2022
Comparative Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines Against COVID-19 Infection Among Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Claire Cook¹, Naomi Patel², Xiaoqing Fu¹, Xiaosong Wang³, Yumeko Kawano³, Kathleen Vanni³, Grace Qian³, Emily Banasiak³, Emily Kowalski³, Hyon Choi⁴, yuqing zhang⁵, Jeffrey Sparks⁶ and Zachary Wallace¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Sale Creek, TN, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) on immunomodulatory medications may be at particular risk for COVID-19 breakthrough infection given uncertain immune response to…
Abstract Number: 1454 • ACR Convergence 2022
A High Genetic Risk of SLE Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction; A Combined Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study
Sarah Reid¹, Johanna K Sandling¹, Pascal Pucholt¹, Ahmed Sayadi¹, Christopher Sjöwall², Karoline Lerang³, Andreas Jönsen⁴, Anders A Bengtsson⁴, Øyvind Molberg³, Anna Rudin⁵, Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist⁶, Lars Ronnblom⁷ and Dag Leonard¹, ¹Rheumatology and Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ²Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Inflammation and Infection, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section for Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁶Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁷Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The reasons for the high cardiovascular morbidity in patients with SLE are not fully understood. Here, we combine a mendelian randomization (MR) approach and…
Abstract Number: 1668 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatic Toxicities of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Predict Favourable Tumour Responses in Patients with Advanced Melanoma
Alana Bruce¹, Alexander M Menzies², Georgina V Long², Brian Fernandes³ and Fredrick Joshua⁴, ¹Macquarie University, Balaclava, Victoria, Australia, ²Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, Australia, ³Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ⁴Macquarie University, Integrated Specialist Medical Care, Sydney, Australia
Background/Purpose: To estimate the frequency of rheumatic toxicities of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) presenting as de novo or exacerbations of pre-existing rheumatic disease in patients…
Abstract Number: 1857 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increasing Proportion of MDA-5 Associated Conditions in a Tertiary Myositis Centre Following Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Hannah¹, Saadia Sasha Ali¹, Sloni Arora¹, John Cazabon¹, James Galloway¹ and Patrick Gordon², ¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis is a clinical subtype of DM that is strongly associated with a rapidly progressive phenotype of interstitial lung disease resulting in a…
Abstract Number: 2250 • ACR Convergence 2022
Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Austin Wheeler¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Joshua Baker², Jill Poole¹, Dana Ascherman³, Gail Kerr⁴, Andreas Reimold⁵, Gary Kunkel⁶, Grant Cannon⁷, Katherine Wysham⁸, Namrata Singh⁹, Deana Lazaro¹⁰, Paul Monach¹¹, S. Louis Bridges, Jr.¹², Ted Mikuls¹³ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁵University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁶University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Retired, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ¹⁰VA New York Harbor Healthcare system, Short Hills, NJ, ¹¹VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: RA-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is an extra-articular manifestation of RA causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Genetic risk variants, such as the MUC5B rs35705950…

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