Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

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: L02 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Mitigating Behavior in People with Rheumatic Diseases or Psoriasis During the COVID-19 Pandemic Differ by Immunosuppressant Treatment Type: A Patient survey Study
Mark Yates¹, Satveer Mahil¹, Sinead Langan², Claudia De la cruz³, Paola diMeglio¹, Nick Dand¹, Zenas Yiu⁴, Kayleigh Mason⁴, Teresa Tsakok¹, Freya Meynall⁵, Helen McAteer⁶, John Weinman¹, Paolo Gisondi⁷, Luis Puig Sanz⁸, Richard Warren⁴, Francesca Capon¹, Jullien Denis⁹, Tiago Torres¹⁰, Chris Griffiths⁴, Jonathan Barker¹, Kimme Hyrich⁴, Andrew Cope¹, Ian Bruce⁴, Iain McInnes¹¹, Raj Sengupta¹², Helena Marzo-Ortega¹³, Matthew Brown¹, James Galloway¹ and Catherine Smith¹, ¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ³University of Santiago, Santiago, Chile, ⁴University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Psoriasis Association, London, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁸Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ¹⁰University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, ¹¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ¹²Royal United Hospitals Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ¹³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Clinician-reported registry data suggest that use of biologics in people with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) is associated with a lower risk of adverse COVID-19…
Abstract Number: 0183 • ACR Convergence 2020
Incidence of Malignancies in Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from a Large Japanese National Registry
Toshihiro Matsui¹, Naonobu Sugiyama², Tsutomu Kawaguchi², Aosa Kamezaki², Shigeyuki Toyoizumi³, Fujio Matsuyama⁴, Tatsunori Murata⁴, Yukitomo Urata⁵, Kimito Kawahata⁶ and Shigeto Tohma⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan, ²Pfizer Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ³Pfizer R&D Japan G.K., Tokyo, Japan, ⁴CRECON Medical Assessment Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Tsugaru General Hospital, Aomori, Japan, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁷National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with RA have an increased risk of some malignancies compared with the general population, and this can vary by region/race.1,2 Epidemiologic data…
Abstract Number: 0542 • ACR Convergence 2020
Examining the Long-Term and Short-Term Day-To-Day Pain Variability in Inflammatory and Non-Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases Using Multilevel and Markov Transition Models: Cloudy with a Chance of Pain, a National U.K. Smartphone Study
Huai Leng Pisaniello¹, Mark Lunt², John McBeth³ and William Dixon², ¹University of Adelaide, Kidman Park, South Australia, Australia, ²Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Chronic pain is common in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), yet the patterns and the extent of variability over time are poorly understood. Real-time…
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)…

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