Abstracts tagged "gender"

Abstract Number: 0097 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sex and Race/ethnicity Differences in Knee Symptoms, Function, and Radiographic Features: Preliminary Descriptive Data from the Johnston County Health Study
Luis Palomino¹, Carolina Alvarez², Todd Schwartz³, Yvonne Golightly⁴ and Amanda Nelson², ¹University of North Carolina Chapel hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of joint disorder worldwide. Differences in pain, function, and radiographic features in ethnic groups, specifically Hispanics, are…
Abstract Number: 1601 • ACR Convergence 2022
Female Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Show Differences in Treatment Response to IL12/23 Inhibition in Combination with or Without MTX Compared to Male – Results from a Multicenter Investigator-initiated Randomized Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial
Michaela Koehm¹, Ann Christina Foldenauer², Tanja Rossmanith³, Herbert Kellner⁴, Uta Kiltz⁵, Juergen Rech⁶, Gerd Burmester⁷, David Kofler⁸, Jan Brandt-Juergens⁹, Stephanie Finzel¹⁰, Raoul Bergner¹¹, Maren Sieburg¹² and Frank Behrens¹³, ¹Rheumatology Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, ²Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, ³Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine & Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁴Schwerpunktpraxis für Rheumatologie und Gastroenterologie, Munich, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁶University Clinic Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ⁹Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹¹Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ¹²Rheumatologische Facharztpraxis, Magdeburg, Germany, ¹³Rheumatology University Hospital & Fraunhofer Institute Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
Background/Purpose: Subgroup analysis from different clinical trials and real-world data suggest, that there are differences in baseline characteristics, clinical phenotypes, and treatment responses in female…
Abstract Number: 0111 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gender Equity in the Asia Pacific: Comparison of Indian and Philippines Rheumatology Conferences
Lisa S Traboco¹, Geraldine Zamora², Kavitha Mohanasundaram³, Sheila Marie Reyes⁴, Annamalai Sowndhariya⁵, Pavel Ovseiko⁶, vinod Ravindran⁷ and Latika Gupta⁸, ¹St Luke's Medical Center - BGC, Manila, Philippines, ²Philippine Rheumatology Association, Taguig City, Philippines, ³Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Chennai, India, ⁴St. Luke's Medical Center, Cainta, Philippines, ⁵MIOT Hospital, Chennai, India, ⁶John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁷Centre for Rheumatology, Kozhikode, Kozhikode, India, ⁸Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton/University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Equitable gender representation at conferences is essential to further progress in academia. India and the Philippines are both low and middle-income countries in the…
Abstract Number: 1672 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) on Women’s Health Evaluated with a New SSc-specific Patient-reported Questionnaire
Maria Grazia Lazzaroni¹, Liala Moschetti¹, Eleonora Pedretti¹, Andrea Lojacono², Francesca Ramazzotto³, Cristina Zanardini³, Zatti Sonia³, Angela Tincani⁴, Franco Franceschini¹, Paolo Airò⁵ and Laura Andreoli¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASST Garda, Desenzano del Garda, Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ³Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Gussago, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) has a strong female predominance and can significantly impair the everyday quality of life of patients. We aimed at designing a…
Abstract Number: 0227 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Rheumatology Workforce: Analyzing Geographic and Temporal Variations Among the Rheumatology Physician Workforce in the United States
Kavish Singh¹, Lynn Foster-Johnson², Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner³, Arabi Rasendrakumar⁴, Temitope Ajayi⁵ and Aakanksha Khanna⁶, ¹Montefiore Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ²Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ⁴University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁵University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁶Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: To analyze recent trends in the rheumatology workforce related to temporal and national geographic variation in the United States (US). Methods: The publicly available physician workforce…
Abstract Number: 1725 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sex Differences in Autoimmune Pathogenesis and Systemic Response to High Fat Diet in Lupus-prone Mice
Gitanjali Lobo¹, Juan Meng², Xuhua Shi², Ronak Patel³, Laura Rivers⁴, Chad Hille⁵, Robert Quinet⁶, William Davis⁷, Jerald Zakem⁸, Chandana Keshavamurthy⁹, Tamika Webb-Detiege¹⁰, Zongbing You² and Xin Zhang¹¹, ¹Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Metairie, LA, ²Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, ³Ochsner, New Orleans, LA, ⁴Ochsner Medical Center, River Ridge, LA, ⁵Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, ⁶Ochsner Health, River Ridge, LA, ⁷Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁸Ochsner Health Systems, Metairie, LA, ⁹ochsner medical center, Metairie, LA, ¹⁰University of Queensland/Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA, ¹¹Institution of Translational Research, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation and the production of autoantibodies, leading to systemic multiorgan damage. SLE has…
Abstract Number: 0241 • ACR Convergence 2022
Inequity in Disease Impact Between Male and Female Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Gonul Hazal Koc¹ and Pascal de Jong², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²ErasmusMC, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is more common in females than males. Moreover, males and females may have different disease courses and burdens, but data on…
Abstract Number: 1768 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sex-Related Differences in Healthcare Utilization in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Population-based Study
Sanjana Tarannum¹, Jessica Widdifield¹, C. Fangyun Wang², Sindhu R. Johnson³, Paula Rochon¹ and Lihi Eder⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Women’s College Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Delayed diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis (IA), including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), is associated with joint damage and disability.…
Abstract Number: 0381 • ACR Convergence 2022
Most Disease Outcome Measures but Not ASDAS Are Influenced by Gender in Patients with Axial SpA: Results from ASAS-PerSpA
Diego Benavent¹, Dafne Capelusnik², Sofia Ramiro³, Anna Molto⁴, Clementina Lopez-Medina⁵, Maxime Dougados⁶ and Victoria Navarro-Compán⁷, ¹La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica (IREP), Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hôpital Cochin,Assistance Publique- Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ⁵Reina Sofia University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Jaén, Spain, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: There is growing evidence revealing that females report worse patient-reported outcomes compared to males in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However, in which precise outcomes there…
Abstract Number: 2137 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Patient Characteristics, Including Sex, on the Efficacy of Upadacitinib Compared with Adalimumab in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Lihi Eder¹, Laura Coates², Peter Nash³, Uta Kiltz⁴, Ennio Lubrano⁵, Erin McDearmon-Blondell⁶, Tianming Gao⁷ and Alexis Ogdie⁸, ¹Women’s College Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, England, United Kingdom, ³School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁵Academic Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute ‘‘Vincenzo Tiberio’’, Università degli Studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy, ⁶AbbVie, Inc., Mettawa, IL, ⁷AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁸Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Evidence suggests that response to treatment in PsA may vary with patient (pt) characteristics, such as sex.1 This post hoc analysis of the Phase…
Abstract Number: 0849 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of Diabetes Status on Pain and Disability Following Total Joint Arthroplasty for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: Variation by Sex and Body Mass Index
J Denise Power¹, Anthony Perruccio², J Roderick Davey², Rajiv Gandhi², Nizar Mahomed², Khalid Syed², Christian Veillette² and Y Raja Rampersaud², ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Hip and knee total joint arthroplasties (TJA) for osteoarthritis (OA) are frequently performed surgical procedures, representing the majority of direct expenditures for OA. TJA…
Abstract Number: 2152 • ACR Convergence 2022
Depression and Other Neurological Disorders Are Associated with Biologic DMARD Failure in Psoriatic Arthritis
Nicoletta Luciano¹, Elisa Barone², Enrico Brunetta¹, Maria De Santis³, Angela Ceribelli⁴, Marta Caprioli⁵, Giacomo Maria Guidelli¹, Arianna Sonaglia¹, Daniela Renna⁶, Francesca Motta⁷, Natasa Isailovic⁷, Matteo Vecellio³ and Carlo Selmi⁸, ¹IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano, Italy, ²IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano (MI), Lombardia, Italy, ³Humanitas University, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pieve Emanuele, Italy, ⁴Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano (MI) Italy, Borgo San Giacomo, Italy, ⁵IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pavia, Italy, ⁶IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Milano, Italy, ⁷Humanitas University, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano (MI), Italy, ⁸Humanitas University, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano, Italy
Background/Purpose: The management of patients with psoriasis and psoriatic artrhitis (PsA) has been recently enriched and has thus become more challenging by the wide armamentarium…
Abstract Number: 0882 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gender Differences in Rheumatology Authorship: A Bibliometric Analysis of High Impact Rheumatology Journals from 2019-2021
Neha Chaurasia¹, Priyanka Iyer¹ and Melody Esmaeili-Ghahfarokhi², ¹University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, ²University of California Irvine, Orange
Background/Purpose: Recent data suggests the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected productivity of women in the workforce. This bibliometric analysis examines gender differences in authorship of manuscripts…
Abstract Number: 0968 • ACR Convergence 2022
Neuropsychological Outcome of Children Born to Women with Systemic Sclerosis: Assessment Through a Self-administered Multidisciplinary Questionnaire in a Monocentric Cohort
Eleonora Pedretti¹, Laura Andreoli¹, Liala Moschetti¹, Cecilia Nalli¹, Anna Molinaro², Jessica Galli², Elisa Fazzi², Franco Franceschini¹, Angela Tincani³, Paolo Airò⁴ and Maria Grazia Lazzaroni¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Unit of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Gussago, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
Background/Purpose: In the last years, the rate of successful pregnancies has significantly increased in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)1 women. However, the long-term outcome of their children…
Abstract Number: 1040 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Weight and Sex on Long-term Persistence to Secukinumab Treatment in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis or Ankylosing Spondylitis
Uta Kiltz¹, Petros P. Sfikakis², Nicola Gullick³, ATHINA THEODORIDOU⁴, Anna Kandyli⁵, Jan Brandt-Juergens⁶, Philippe Goupille⁷, Nicola Maiden⁸, Karl Gaffney⁹, Daniel Peterlik¹⁰, Barbara Schulz¹¹, Effie Pournara¹¹ and Piotr Jagiello¹¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, ³University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, ⁴Euromedica Geniki Kliniki, General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁵Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic, Iaso General Hospital, Athens, Greece, ⁶Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Rheumatology department, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France, ⁸Craigavon Area Hospital, Southern Health & Social Care Trust, Craigavon, United Kingdom, ⁹Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norfolk, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ¹¹Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Secukinumab (SEC) has demonstrated a high sustained response rate in patients (pts) with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or ankylosing spondylitis (AS) across Phase III clinical…