Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 1433 • ACR Convergence 2020
Thyroid Disease in ANCA-associated Vasculitis. a Population-based Study
Anna Wilding¹, Rona Smith², David Jayne³, Mårten Segelmark⁴ and Aladdin Mohammad⁵, ¹Lund University, Staffanstorp, Sweden, ²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Department of Medicine, Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Lund University, Lund, ⁵Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Department of Medicine, Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: A higher incidence of thyroid disease has been seen in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). We aim to assess the incidence…
Abstract Number: 1661 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Prevalence of Neuropathic-Like Pain and Pain Sensitisation in People with Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis
Luigi Zolio¹, Kai Ying Lim², Mabel Yan¹, Mahnuma Estee³, Sultana Monira Hussain⁴, Flavia Cicuttini⁴ and Anita Wluka⁵, ¹Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, ²Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ³Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: Pain in osteoarthritis (OA) may be nociceptive or neuropathic-like in nature. In knee OA, pain severity is known to be poorly correlated with joint…
Abstract Number: 1974 • ACR Convergence 2020
Validation of a Deep Learning Based Algorithm to Diagnose Vertebral Compression Fractures
John Page¹, Franklin Moser², Marcel Maya³, Ravi Prasad³ and Barry Pressman², ¹Amgen, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, ²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: Vertebral Compression Fractures are common in patients above age 50, but are often undiagnosed. Patients with one VCF are at higher risk of other…
Abstract Number: 0017 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of COVID19 on Missed/Cancelled Rheumatology Office Visits and Parenteral Immunosuppressive Medications
Daniel Watrous¹, Glenn Parris², Priya Reddy³, Jeffrey Alper⁴, Fenglong Xie⁵, Maria (Maio) Danila⁶, Michael George⁷, William Nowell⁸, Joel Kallich⁹ and Jeffrey R Curtis¹⁰, ¹Sierra Pacific Arthritis, Visalia, CA, ²PARRIS & ASSOCIATES, Lilburn, GA, ³Southwest Florida Rheumatology, Riverview, FL, ⁴Medallion Clinical Research Institute, LLC, Naples, FL, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, NY, ⁹Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The global COVID19 pandemic has had a major impact on healthcare. The effect on rheumatology patients and providers is unclear, as is the role…
Abstract Number: 0517 • ACR Convergence 2020
Trends in the Incidence and Use of Diagnostic Modalities for Giant Cell Arteritis over Seven Decades: A Population-based Study
Thomas Garvey¹, Cynthia Crowson², Matthew J. Koster³ and Kenneth Warrington³, ¹Mayo Clinic Rochester, Apple Valley, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Diagnostic methods for giant cell arteritis (GCA) have evolved over recent decades, and large vessel imaging plays an increasing role in disease detection. The…
Abstract Number: 0565 • ACR Convergence 2020
In Those with Unilateral Frequent Knee Pain, Between-Limb Differences in Stance Time During Walking Increase the Risk of Frequent Pain in the Other Knee: The MOST Study
Patrick Corrigan¹, David Felson², Cara Lewis³, K. Douglas Gross⁴, Michael Nevitt⁵, Beth Lewis⁶, James Torner⁷ and Joshua Stefanik¹, ¹Northeastern University, Boston, MA, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Boston University, Brookline, MA, ⁴MGH Institute of Health Professionals, Boston, MA, ⁵Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, Orinda, CA, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ⁷University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) commonly begins as a unilateral disease, with pain in only one knee. Yet 88% of persons with unilateral knee OA develop…
Abstract Number: 1003 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long-term Weight Changes and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Women in a Prospective Cohort: A Marginal Structural Model Approach
Nathalie Marchand¹, Jeffrey Sparks², Kazuki Yoshida³, Susan Malspeis⁴, Xuehong Zhang⁵, Karen Costenbader⁶, Elizabeth Karlson¹ and Bing Lu⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Channing Division of Network Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: The risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been shown to be elevated among overweight and obese women in several studies, but whether weight gain…
Abstract Number: 1061 • ACR Convergence 2020
Daily Myositis Symptom Changes Collected via a Smartphone-Based App Are Associated with Flare Occurrence – Providing Evidence of Potential Digital Biomarkers
Alexander Oldroyd¹, Belay Yimer², Max Little³, William Dixon² and Hector Chinoy⁴, ¹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The concept of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) flare is widely used, although no consensus definition exists. Studies have demonstrated the feasibility and utility of…
Abstract Number: 1436 • ACR Convergence 2020
Incidence Rate, Predictors and Outcome of Stroke in Patients with ANCA Associated Vasculitis – A Population-based Study
Dennis Tabakovic¹, Rona Smith², David Jayne³ and Aladdin Mohammad⁴, ¹Lund University, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Department of Medicine, Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Department of Medicine, Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: To study the incidence rate, predictors and outcome of stroke in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) within a defined population in southern Sweden.Methods: The…
Abstract Number: 1662 • ACR Convergence 2020
Do Weight-bearing versus Non-weight-bearing Pain Reflect Different Pain Mechanisms in Knee Osteoarthritis?: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Jean Liew¹, John Farrar², Na Wang³, Lisa Carlesso⁴, Kosaku Aoyagi³, Laura Frey Law⁵, Cora Lewis⁶, Michael Nevitt⁷ and Tuhina Neogi³, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁶University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Pain with weightbearing in knee OA is thought to be related to the activation of nociceptors; however, this is not considered the sole mechanism…
Abstract Number: 1984 • ACR Convergence 2020
Causal Pathways to Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results from the ReACCh-Out Cohort
Kiem Oen¹, Jiahao Tian², Thomas Loughin², Roberta Berard³, Mercedes Chan⁴, Ciaran Duffy⁵, Brian Feldman⁶, Adam Huber⁷, Deborah Levy⁸, Dax G. Rumsey⁹, Natalie Shiff¹⁰, Shirley Tse¹¹, Lori Tucker⁴, Karen Watanabe-Duffy⁵ and Jaime Guzman¹², ¹University of Manitoba, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, ³London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁴BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Florida, Gainesville, FL, ¹¹SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The relative roles of disease activity and disability as determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children with JIA have been controversial; sometimes…
Abstract Number: 1098 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Epidemiology and Mortality of SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) in Hungary Based on a Nationwide Retrospective Claims Database Study
Melinda Kedves¹, Fruzsina Kósa ², Péter Takács ², Péter Kunovszki ², Jennifer Lofland ³ and György Nagy ⁴, ¹Hospital of Bács-Kiskun County, Department of Rheumatology, Kecskemét, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary, ²Janssen, GCSO, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, ³Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁴Buda Hospital of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God, Department of Rheumatology, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Background/Purpose: There is little evidence in Hungary on the real incidence, prevalence and mortality of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that is based on a robust…
Abstract Number: 1301 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Rates of Incident Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis and Knee Replacement by Sex and Race, Across Three Large, Diverse Cohorts
C. Kent Kwoh¹, Amanda Nelson ², Yvonne Golightly ³, Erin Ashbeck ⁴, Liubov Arbeeva ⁵, Na Wang ⁶, Jeffrey Duryea ⁷ and Tuhina Neogi ⁶, ¹University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Epidemiology and Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona, Tuccson, AZ, Tucson, AL, ⁵University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Harvard Medical School Department of Radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have suggested differences in the development of incident radiographic knee osteoarthritis (RKOA) and the receipt of knee replacement (KR) by sex and…
Abstract Number: 2051 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Factors in Achieving Serum Uric Acid Target and the Occurrence of Gouty Arthritis: A Cross-sectional Study Based on Japanese Health Insurance Claim Data
Ruriko Koto¹, Akihiro Nakajima ¹, Hideki Horiuchi ¹ and Hisashi Yamanaka ², ¹Teijin Pharma Limited, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²Sanno Medical Center, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: The number of gout attacks can be reduced by achieving and maintaining serum uric acid (sUA) at or below 6.0 mg/dL, a level uniformly…
Abstract Number: 2349 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Epidemiology, Risk/Prognostic Factors, and Treatment Landscape in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Systematic Literature Review
Xue Han¹, Leticia Ferri ¹, Grace Crocket ², Sophie Yoon ³, Tracy Slanger ³ and Mir Sohail Fazeli ³, ¹Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb; Rutgers University, New York City, NY, ³Doctor Evidence, Santa Monica, CA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the most common lung manifestation of RA and the 2nd leading cause of death in RA patients.1,2 The purpose…

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