Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 0674 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Control of Hyperuricemia Newly Detected by Medical Check-up: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Health Insurance Claims Data in Japan
Ruriko Koto¹, Akihiro Nakajima¹, Hideki Horiuchi¹ and Hisashi Yamanaka², ¹Teijin Pharma Limited, Tokyo, Japan, ²Sanno Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Japanese guidelines for managing gout and hyperuricemia recommend the initiation of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) to prevent gouty arthritis in subjects having asymptomatic hyperuricemia with…
Abstract Number: 1012 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Global Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analysis
Khalid Almutairi¹, Johannes Nossent¹, David Preen¹, Helen Keen¹ and Charles Inderjeeth¹, ¹The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Background/Purpose: To determine the global population prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on published studies and assess factors that influence RA prevalence estimates.Methods: Four electronic…
Abstract Number: 1114 • ACR Convergence 2020
Longitudinally Assessed Structural Abnormalities on MRI and Relative Contributions to Risk of Incident Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis over 10 Years of Follow-up
C. Kent Kwoh¹, Ali Guermazi², Erin Ashbeck³, Chengcheng Hu³, Edward Bedrick³, Leena Sharma⁴, Charles Eaton⁵, Marc Hochberg⁶, Rebecca Jackson⁷, Timothy McAlindon⁸, Michael Nevitt⁹, Jane Cauley¹⁰ and Frank Roemer¹¹, ¹University of Arizona of Arizona Arthritis Center and Division of Rheumatology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Department of Family Medicine and Epidemiology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health of Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁶University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁸Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: MRI has identified joint tissues affected during knee OA development, though the relative importance of structures in the pathogenic process is unknown. Our objective…
Abstract Number: 1469 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characteristics of Adult Patients with Rheumatic Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from an International Patient Survey
Jonathan Hausmann¹, Kevin Kennedy², Salman Surangiwala³, Maggie Larche⁴, Mitchell Levine², Jean Liew⁵, Zachary Wallace⁶ and Emily Sirotich⁴, ¹Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ³Queen’s School of Medicine, Kingston, Canada, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases are at increased risk of infection due to immune dysregulation and the use of immunosuppression. It is unknown whether they…
Abstract Number: 1727 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patterns of Fatigue in Early RA over 10 Years: Results from the ESPOIR Cohort
Samantha Rodriguez-Muguruza¹, Bernard Combe², Oliver Valero³, Francis Guillemin⁴, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués⁵, Bruno Fautrel⁶, Ramon Fontova¹ and Cédric Lukas⁷, ¹Joan XXIII Hospital, Tarragona, Spain, ²University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ³Department of Statistics, Autonoma de Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Universite de Lorraine CIC INSERM, Nancy, France, ⁵Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Sorbonne University, INSERM, IPLES; Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁷CHU Montpellier and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: to determine and characterize fatigue trajectories over 10 years of follow-up in a cohort of early RA patients. Methods: We selected patients fulfilling the 2010…
Abstract Number: 0184 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lymphomas Complicating Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of a French Multi-Centre Case-Control Study
Joanna Kedra¹, Raphaèle Seror², Philippe Dieude³, Arnaud Constantin⁴, Eric Toussirot⁵, Elias Kfoury⁶, Charles Masson⁷, Divi Cornec⁸, Jean-Jacques Dubost⁹, Laurent Marguerie¹⁰, Sebastien Ottaviani¹¹, Franck Grados¹², Rakiba Belkhir¹³, Olivier Fain¹⁴, Philippe Goupille¹⁵, Christelle Sordet¹⁶, Bruno Fautrel¹⁷, Peggy Philippe¹⁸, Muriel Piperno¹⁹, Bernard Combe²⁰, Olivier Lambotte²¹, Christophe Richez²², Jeremie Sellam²³, Thomas Sené²⁴, Guillaume Denis²⁵, Thierry Lequerre²⁶, Xavier Mariette²⁷ and Gaetane Nocturne¹³, ¹Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, UMR S1136, Paris, France, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Bicetre Hospital, APHP, France, Paris, France, ³Université de Paris, Service de Rhumatologie Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, AP-HP, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France, ⁵CIC biotherapies, Besançon University Hospital, Besançon, France, ⁶Hematology Department, Brive La Gaillarde Hospital, Brive la Gaillarde, France, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France, ⁹CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹⁰Department of medicine, rheumatology and neurology, Hopale hospital, Berck, France, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Bichat hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France, ¹³Rheumatology Department, Bicetre Hospital, APHP, France, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ¹⁴Internal Medicine Department, Saint-Antoine hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁵CHU Tours, department of rheumatology, Tours, France, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁷Sorbonne University, INSERM, IPLES; Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁸Rheumatology Department, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France, ¹⁹Rheumatology Department, Lyon University Hospital, Lyon, France, ²⁰University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ²¹Internal Medicine Department, Bicetre Hospital, APHP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ²²Rheumatology Hospital, Pelligrin Hospital, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ²³AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de Rhumatologie, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, INSERM UMR_S 938,Sorbonne Université, Paris, 75012, France, Paris, France, ²⁴Department of internal medicine, Diaconesses-Croix Saint-Simon Hospital, Paris, France, ²⁵Hematology Department, Rochefort Hospital, Rochefort, France, ²⁶Rheumatology, University Teaching Hospital, Rouen, France, ²⁷Paris-Sud University, Rueil-Malmaison, France
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma (B-cell NHL). The objectives of this work were:To study the characteristics of…
Abstract Number: 0544 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors for Lumbar Vertebral Osteoporosis Do Not Reflect Factors Traditionally Associated with Osteoporosis at the Hip
Marwan Bukhari¹ and Mrinalini Dey², ¹Rheumatology Department, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, Lancaster, United Kingdom, ²Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The most common site of osteoporotic fragility fractures is the thoracic spine. However, bone mineral density (BMD) measurements at the hip are used to…
Abstract Number: 0679 • ACR Convergence 2020
Epidemiology of Intra-Articular Mineralization on Knee Dual-Energy Computed Tomography: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Mohamed Jarraya¹, Tuhina Neogi², John Lynch³, David Felson², Piran Aliabadi⁴, Michael Nevitt³, Cora Lewis⁵, James Torner⁶ and Ali Guermazi², ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, ⁴Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, ⁵University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Computed tomography (CT) has a higher sensitivity for the detection of intraarticular mineralization in comparison with commonly used imaging techniques in knee osteoarthritis (OA)…
Abstract Number: 1013 • ACR Convergence 2020
National Burden of RA in Canada 1990-2017: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Nejat Hassen¹, Diane Lacaille², Nizal Sarrafzadegan³, Alice Xu⁴, Sophia Sidi⁴, Amani Alandejani⁴, Marjan Mansourian⁵ and Jacek Kopec¹, ¹University of British Columbia, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ²University of British Columbia / Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ³Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Isfahan, Esfahan, Iran, ⁴University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Background/Purpose: It is estimated that over 120,000 individuals currently have rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Canada, yet a comprehensive study summarizing the epidemiology of RA burden…
Abstract Number: 1122 • ACR Convergence 2020
Osteoarthritis in a Large Integrated Health System Population: 18-Year Retrospective Review
Jove Graham¹, Tonia Novosat¹, Haiyan Sun¹, Brian Piper², Joseph Boscarino¹, Melissa Kern¹, Vanessa Duboski³, Eric Wright³, Patricia Schepman⁴, Rebecca Robinson⁵, Edward Casey⁶, Craig Beck⁷ and Jerry Hall⁸, ¹Geisinger, Danville, ²Geisinger, Scranton, ³Geisinger, Forty Fort, ⁴Pfizer, New York City, NY, ⁵Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, ⁶Pfizer, New York, ⁷Pfizer, London, ⁸Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a mechanically and immunologically mediated common disease with a complex pathogenesis. Despite epidemiologic studies proving increasing age, obesity and female gender…
Abstract Number: 1472 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing Causal Associations of Urate Levels with Type 2 Diabetes and Related Glycemic Traits Using Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization
Natalie McCormick¹, Mark O'Connor¹, Shelby Marozoff², John Choi³, Aaron Leong¹ and Hyon Choi⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, Canada, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and gout/hyperuricemia frequently coexist, but the nature and direction of this relationship is unclear. Observational studies have reported positive associations…
Abstract Number: 1741 • ACR Convergence 2020
Does Preventive Care Matter? (in RA)
Morgan Greenwald¹, JoAnn Ball¹, Shannon Lopez¹, Monica Berg¹ and Maria Greenwald¹, ¹Desert Medical Advances, Palm Desert, CA
Background/Purpose: Preventive medical care improves morbidity and mortality. The assessment included 28,105 RA patients from prospective randomized trials.Methods: Nested data from a single site was…
Abstract Number: 0193 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patients with Asthma Have a Higher Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Nipith Charoenngam¹, Ben Ponvilawan¹, Thanitsara Rittiphairoj¹, Surapa Tornsatitkul¹, Phuuwadith Wattanachayakul¹, Pongprueth Rujirachun¹ and Patompong Ungprasert², ¹Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: Studies have reported the association between asthma and elevated risk of several chronic diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes mellitus and coronary heart…
Abstract Number: 0553 • ACR Convergence 2020
The US Prevalence of Ulcerative Colitis Associated Peripheral Arthralgias and Arthritis: Data from the National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Oleg Stens¹, Hyun-seok Kim², Jason Hou² and Michael Weisman³, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, San Diego, CA, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Cedars Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: An association between ulcerative colitis (UC) and peripheral arthritis has been known since the 1930’s and more recently has been described as a part…
Abstract Number: 0689 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Changing Epidemiology of Inpatient Gout and Associated Mortality: A 17-year National Study
Jasvinder Singh¹ and John Cleveland¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Knowledge gaps exist regarding time-trends for the main causes (Cardiac/renal disease vs. infections) hospitalizations in gout. Therefore, we examined whether specific causes (cardiovascular, renal,…

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