Abstracts tagged "Ethnic studies"

Abstract Number: 272 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ethnic Disparities in Lupus Nephritis Outcomes in the Inland Empire: Findings from the Southern California Lupus Registry
Kristal Choi¹, Arezoo Haghshenas², Abigail Benitez³, Lorena Salto¹, Karina Torralba⁴ and Vaneet K. Sandhu², ¹Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ³Rheumatology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ⁴Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) serves Riverside and San Bernardino County, which are the two largest counties by geographic size in California and make…
Abstract Number: 1694 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Lupus Severity Index Accurately Identifies Patients with Severe SLE in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort
Christine A. Peschken¹, Carol Hitchon², David Robinson³, Ada Man³, Annaliese Tisseverasinghe³ and Hani El-Gabalawy², ¹RR 149G, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The Lupus Severity Index (LSI)* was recently proposed to stratify patients by disease severity for clinical research. The LSI ranges from 0-10, is calculated…
Abstract Number: 2350 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Examining Ethnic Differences in Osteoarthritis (OA) Patients’ Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Prescription Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
Hana Masood¹, Michael J. Hannon², C. Kent Kwoh¹, Jazmin Dagnino³ and Ernest Vina⁴, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Arizona School of Medicine, University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, ²Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁴University of Arizona School of Medicine, University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: NSAIDs are commonly prescribed for the treatment of OA. While there are documented differences between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites (NHWs) in their treatment preferences…
Abstract Number: 2696 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Mortality in Black and Asian Patients with Systemic Sclerosis in Northern California
Melody Chung¹, Makdine Dontsi², Debbie Postlethwaite², Sumana Kesh³, Lisa Zaba⁴ and Lorinda Chung^5,6, ¹Internal Medicine Residency, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA, ²Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA, ⁵Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁶VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Studies indicate that black patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) demonstrate a distinct phenotypic profile, with more severe disease, heightened mortality, and poorer prognosis compared…
Abstract Number: 178 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Study in Lupus in an Admixed Mexican Population
Maria Teruel¹, Patrick Coit², Mikhail Dozmorov³, Mario Cardiel⁴, Ignacio Garcia-De La Torre⁵, Marco A Maradiaga-Ceceña Sr.⁶, José Francisco Moctezuma⁷, Maria Teresa Tusié-Luna⁸, Marta Alarcón-Riquelme^9,10 and Amr H Sawalha², ¹GENYO, Center for Genomics and Oncological Research Pfizer/University of Granada/Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁴Centro de Investigación Clínica de Morelia SC, Morelia, Mexico, ⁵Immunology & Rheumatology, Centro de Est. de Invest. Bas. y Clin., S.C., Guadalajara, JAL, Mexico, ⁶Hospital General de Culiacán, Culiacán, Mexico, ⁷Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, ⁸Medicina Genómica y Toxicología Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, ⁹Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ¹⁰Centro de Genomica e Investigación Oncológica, Pfizer-University of Granada-Junta de Andalucía, Granada, Spain
Background/Purpose: Our knowledge about the pivotal role DNA methylation plays in the pathogenesis of SLE has significantly increased in the last few years. However, we…
Abstract Number: 226 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biopsy Proven Giant Cell Arteritis in African Descent Populations: Incidence and Characteristics in Martinique, French West Indies
Florence Moinet¹, Vincent Molinie², Katlyne Polomat¹, Harold Merle³, Marie Blettery⁴, Lauren Brunier-Agot⁴, Michel DeBandt⁴ and Christophe Deligny¹, ¹Internal medicine, National referral Center for Lupus, Antiphospholipid syndrome and other rare auto-immune diseases, Hopital Pierre Zobda Quitman, CHU de Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique, ²Pathology unit, Hopital Pierre Zobda Quitman, CHU de Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique, ³Ophthalmology, Hopital Pierre Zobda Quitman, CHU de Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁴Rheumatology, Hopital Pierre Zobda Quitman, CHU de Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique
Background/Purpose: Multiple epidemiological studies ascertained that GCA is one of the most common systemic vasculitis in western countries. But, there is only one study based…
Abstract Number: 733 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ethnic Variation in Systemic Sclerosis Morbidity and Mortality
Sindhu Johnson¹, Zareen Ahmad² and Haifa Al Sheikh³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an uncommon connective tissue disease characterized by pathological skin thickening and can involve multiple internal organs. Ethnic variations in SSc…
Abstract Number: 2922 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Outcomes of Lupus Nephritis in Vulnerable Populations
Christine Peschken¹, Rebecca Gole², Carol A Hitchon³, David Robinson³, Ada Man⁴, Annaliese Tisseverasinghe⁴ and Hani El-Gabalawy⁴, ¹Medicine & Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³Arthritis Center, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis is a known predictor of mortality; we have previously shown an increased frequency of nephritis in North American Indian (NAI) and Asian…
Abstract Number: 776 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Eurolupus and Low Steroid Regimen in Proliferative Lupus Nephritis: Retrospective Evaluation of 38 Patients in the Black Population of Martinique
Charles Cartou¹, Katlyne Polomat², Florence MOINET², Serge ARFI³, Lauren Brunier-Agot⁴, Marie Blattery⁵, Aymeric Couturier⁶, Georges JEAN BAPTISTE⁷, Michel De Bandt⁸ and Christophe Deligny⁹, ¹nephrology, Pierre Zobda Quitman Hospital, Fort de France, Martinique, ²Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Zobda Quitman Hospital, Fort de France, Martinique, ³University Hospital, CHU Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁴Internal medicine and rheumatology, Zobda Quitman Hospital, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁵rheumatology, Pierre Zobda Quitman hospital, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁶nephrology, Pierre Zobda Quitman hospital, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁷RHEUMATOLOGY, CHU MARTINIQUE, FWI, Fort-de-France, Martinique, ⁸CHU Fort de France, Fort de France, France, ⁹Zobda Quitman Hospital, Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Fort de France, Martinique
Background/Purpose: There is no data on the efficacy of the EUROLUPUS regimen associated with initial low steroids daily dose in African descent patients with proliferative…
Abstract Number: 1760 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Immigrants: Results from the 1000 Canadian Faces of Lupus Study
Amber Cogar¹, Janet E. Pope², Earl Silverman³, Paul R. Fortin⁴, Carol Hitchon⁵, Ann E. Clarke⁶, Christian Pineau⁷, Sasha Bernatsky^8,9, C Douglas Smith¹⁰, Marie Hudson¹¹, Adam Huber¹², Lori B. Tucker¹³, Michel Zummer¹⁴, Gaëlle Chédeville¹⁵, Hector Arbillaga¹⁶, Deborah M. Levy¹⁷, Christine A. Peschken¹⁸ and Canadian Network for Improved Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, ¹Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, St Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, MUHC, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatolog, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, QC, Canada, ¹⁰The Arthritis Centre, TOH Riverside Campus, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹¹Medicine/Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹²IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹³Pediatric Rheum/Rm K4-120, BC Childrens Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Ch Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁵Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁶Calgary Rheumatology, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Arthritis Center, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Ethnic differences in SLE are well known, but little is known about SLE in patients who have immigrated to North America from elsewhere in…
Abstract Number: 2287 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Urate and Its Association with Endothelial Dysfunction in Young Adults
Michael B. Saddekni¹, Kenneth G. Saag¹, Tanja Dudenbostel², Suzanne Oparil², David A. Calhoun², Daniel I. Feig³, Paul M. Muntner⁴, David T. Redden⁵, Phillip J. Foster¹, Elizabeth J. Rahn¹, Stephanie R. Biggers¹, Peng Li⁵ and Angelo L. Gaffo¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Both serum urate (sUA) and endothelial dysfunction have been associated with hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Increasing sUA level has been associated with endothelial dysfunction…
Abstract Number: 2852 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long Term Prognosis of Lupus Nephritis in the Afro-Caribbean Population of Martinique with Free Access to Healthcare
Aymeric Couturier¹, Vincent Molinie², Charles Cartou³, Serge ARFI⁴, Violaine Emal-Aglae⁵, Katlyne Polomat⁶, Florence MOINET⁶, Georges JEAN BAPTISTE⁷ and Christophe Deligny⁸, ¹nephrology, Pierre Zobda Quitman hospital, Fort de France, Martinique, ²Pathology, Pierre Zobda Quitman Hospital, Fort de France, Martinique, ³nephrology, Pierre Zobda Quitman Hospital, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁴University Hospital, CHU Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁵Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier de Mangot-Vulcin, Le Lamentin, Martinique, ⁶Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Zobda Quitman Hospital, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁷RHEUMATOLOGY, CHU MARTINIQUE, FWI, Fort-de-France, Martinique, ⁸Zobda Quitman Hospital, Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Fort de France, Martinique
Background/Purpose: In African-descent patients, lupus nephritis (LN) lead to a worse outcome than in Caucasians. Long term data are rare in countries where black populations…
Abstract Number: 40 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Mortality in Indigenous North Americans Persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Partially Explained By Psychiatric and Physical Comorbidity: a Population Based Study
Carol Hitchon¹, Sazzadul Khan², Brenda Elias³, Alan Katz⁴ and Christine A. Peschken⁵, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Research, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁴Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁵Arthritis Center, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is associated with excess mortality. Indigenous North Americans (INA) in our region have high RA prevalence rates and young age at onset yet experience…
Abstract Number: 2956 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Autoimmune Functional Variants Under Positive Selection in the Gullah African American Population of South Carolina
Paula S. Ramos¹, Satria Sajuthi², Jasmin Divers², Yiqi Huang³, Uma Nayak⁴, Wei-Min Chen⁴, Kelly J. Hunt⁵, Diane L. Kamen⁶, Gary S. Gilkeson⁶, Jyotika K. Fernandes⁷, Ida J. Spruill⁷, W. Timothy Garvey⁸, Michèle M. Sale³ and Carl D. Langefeld², ¹Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Department of Medicine and Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁵Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁸Department of Nutrition Sciences and Birmingham VA Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose The reasons for the ethnic disparities in rheumatologic and autoimmune diseases (ADs) are largely unknown. We posit that population-specific selection influencing the allele frequencies…
Abstract Number: 2629 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Childhood-Onset and Adult-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Distinctions in an Underserved Ethnic Minority Cohort
Rebekah Neal¹, Kimberly DeQuattro², Elizabeth C. Ortiz¹ and Francisco P. Quismorio Jr. ³, ¹Rheumatology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Div of Rheum & Immun, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Previous studies suggest differences between childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) and adult onset SLE (aSLE). Whereas the prevalence of nephritis, neuropsychiatric, dermatologic, and hematologic manifestations are…

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