Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 0981 • ACR Convergence 2020
Mortality Among Minority Populations with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Including Asian and Hispanic Status: The California Lupus Surveillance Project, 2007-2017
Milena Gianfrancesco¹, Maria Dall'Era², Louise Murphy³, Charles Helmick³, Jing Li¹, Stephanie Rush¹, Laura Trupin¹ and Jinoos Yazdany⁴, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ³Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-system autoimmune disease with manifestations that vary widely in severity. Contemporary data indicate that minority populations are at…
Abstract Number: 1029 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis in China: Results from the ChinaAS Registry
Jinmei Su¹, Runsheng Wang², Ping Zhu³, Yanhong Wang⁴, Shangzhu Zhang¹, Linyi Peng¹, Min Yang⁵, Ling Lei⁶, Li Qin⁷, Mengtao Li⁸ and Xiaofeng Zeng⁸, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China (People's Republic), ⁴Department of Epidemiology and Bio-statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (People's Republic), ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China (People's Republic), ⁷Department of Rheumatology, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China (People's Republic), ⁸Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: The ChinaAS is a nationwide, multicenter registry of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) in China to facilitate research in epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment…
Abstract Number: 1327 • ACR Convergence 2020
Comorbidity Burden in Patients with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis at Least as High as in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Jonas Sagard¹, Elisabet Lindqvist², Elisabeth Mogard¹, Anna Jöud³, Mats Geijer⁴, Tor Olofsson¹ and Johan K. Wallman¹, ¹Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund University, Sweden. Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden., Lund, Sweden, ²Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund University, Sweden. Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital. Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ³Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Sweden., Lund, Sweden, ⁴Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden. Department of Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden., Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Few studies have investigated the overall occurrence of comorbidities in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in relation to ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Compared to…
Abstract Number: 1604 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rheumatology Practice: A Study in 15 Arab Countries
Nelly Ziade¹, Ihsane Hmamouchi², Lina El Kibbi³, Nizar Abdulateef⁴, Hussein Halabi⁵, Fatemah Abutiban⁶, Wafa Hamdi⁷, Manal el Rakawi⁸, Mervat Eissa⁹ and Basel Masri¹⁰, ¹Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Temara Hospital, Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical Research and Epidemiology (LBRCE), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco, Rabat, Morocco, ³Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁵King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Jaber Alahmed Alsabah hospital, State of Kuwait, Jahra, Kuwait, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Kassab Institute of orthopedics, UR17SP04, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia, ⁸Departement of Rheumatology, Douera Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saad Dahlab, Blida, Algeria, Blida, Algeria, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ¹⁰Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Background/Purpose: To date, information about the impact of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic on rheumatology practice and on rheumatologists is limited.The primary objective of the…
Abstract Number: 1883 • ACR Convergence 2020
Exercise Partially Explains the Impact of Body Mass Index on Disease Activity in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Jean Liew¹, Milena Gianfrancesco², Susan Heckbert¹ and Lianne Gensler³, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients have elevated cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality compared to general population comparators of the same age and sex. Although obesity…
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…
Abstract Number: 654 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence Studies of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Southern Sweden. Have the Tides Turned
Ragnar Ingvarsson¹, Andreas Jönsen², Ola Nived³, Gunnar Sturfelt⁴ and Anders Bengtsson⁵, ¹Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, ²Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³Department of Clinical Science, Lund University, Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Lund, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The main objective was to study the incidence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) within a defined area in Southern Sweden over a period of…

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