Abstracts tagged "gender"

Abstract Number: 1101 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sex and Racial Differences in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Among U.S. Adults in the All of Us Research Program
Rachel Elam¹, Deepak Ayyala¹, Adria Madera-Acosta¹, Stephen Bell¹, Anam Qureshi¹, Christopher Rice², Laura Carbone¹, Steven Coughlin¹ and Hong Shi³, ¹Augusta University, Augusta, GA, ²Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Augusta, GA, ³Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Vascular Biology Center, Augusta, GA
Background/Purpose: Most persons with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are women, and men with SLE are an understudied demographic. The purpose of this study was to…
Abstract Number: 1153 • ACR Convergence 2022
Differentially Expressed Genes in Males and Females with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS): Transcriptomics of IL-17-producing Cells in Patients with AS
Chan Mi Lee¹, Ricky Chan², Maricela Haghiac³ and Marina Magrey⁴, ¹University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ³Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Richfield, OH
Background/Purpose: Unlike most autoimmune diseases, ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is more frequently diagnosed in men (3:1) and with a higher radiographic progression compared to women. Th17…
Abstract Number: 1158 • ACR Convergence 2022
Differential Plasma Levels of S100 Proteins in Male versus Female Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Chan Mi Lee¹, Maricela Haghiac² and Marina Magrey³, ¹University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ²Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ³Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Richfield, OH
Background/Purpose: S100 proteins are a family of 25 calcium-binding cytosolic proteins which are involved in stress and inflammatory responses. S100A4 acts as a negative regulator…
Abstract Number: 1178 • ACR Convergence 2022
Key Features of Human Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease Are Captured in a Preclinical Mouse Model upon Repetitive, but Not Single Intratracheal Bleomycin Dosing
David Lauer¹, Janine Schniering², Matthias Brunner¹, Chantal Meier³, Kerstin Klein¹, Oliver Distler⁴ and Britta Maurer¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Comprehensive Pneumonology Center, Munich, Germany, ³Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Repetitive alveolar epithelial injury together with dysregulated tissue repair is crucial for the transition of acute self-limiting to chronic-persisting inflammation and fibrosis in fibrosing…
Abstract Number: 1219 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gender-Related Clinical Profile of Fibromyalgia Patients
Mark Berman¹, Liane banon², Omer Shlezinger³, Laurence Mangel⁴, Jacob Ablin¹ and Valerie Aloush⁵, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatolgy, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Internal Medicine F, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Sackler faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive dysfunction and frequent psychiatric comorbidities. Estimated prevalence of fibromyalgia is…
Abstract Number: 0085 • ACR Convergence 2022
Closing the Gender Gap in Global Rheumatology Leadership- Are We There Yet?
Tayyeba Khursheed¹, Pavel Ovseiko², Ghita Harifi³, Humeira Badsha⁴, Harish G Shekar⁵ and Latika Gupta⁶, ¹Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, ²John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁴Dr. Humeira Badsha Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁵Rajarajeswari medical College and hospital, Bangalore, India, ⁶Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton/University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The gender equity in academic rheumatology initiative has sparked discussions on the effect of inequity in academia on assignment to leadership roles. To explore…
Abstract Number: 1225 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sphygmomanometry for Fibromyalgia Detection in a Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic. a Cross-sectional Study
Viridiana Del Río Guerrero¹, Laura Aline Martínez Martínez¹, Karina Arias Callejas¹, Natalia Carbonell-Bobadilla², Alejandra Mejía Segura¹, Gibrán Azamar Morales¹, Alejandra Espinosa Orantes¹, Mauricio Mora Ramírez¹, Fernanda Mejía Ávila¹, Raúl Molina Sánchez¹, Angélica Vargas-Guerrero¹, Luis H Silveira¹ and Manuel Martínez-Lavín³, ¹Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Allodynia is a key fibromyalgia (FM) feature. Women suffering from FM display more often sphygmomanometry-elicited allodynia when compared to women with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 0096 • ACR Convergence 2022
Delayed Referral of Female Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Where Are We Now? A Study Spanning Three Decades
Bastiaan van Dijk¹ and Annette van der Helm-van Mil², ¹Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Delayed referral of female RA-patients was reported twenty years ago: the time between the first appointment with the general practitioner (GP) and referral to…
Abstract Number: 1497 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Does Time to Diagnosis and Gender Affect Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis or Psoriatic Arthritis? – Real World Data from a German Observational Study with Secukinumab
Karolina Benesova¹, Oliver Hansen², Uta Kiltz³, Jan Brandt-Juergens⁴, Peter Kästner⁵, Elke Riechers⁶, Daniel Peterlik⁷, Christina Budden⁷, Annika Boas⁷, Stefanie Welle⁷ and Hans-Peter Tony⁸, ¹University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ²Medizinische Abteilung V - Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum, Heidelberg, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Ambulantes Rheumazentrum, Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum, Erfurt, Germany, ⁶Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, ⁷Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁸Medizinische Klinik II - Rheumatologie/Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: In both, ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), women typically have a longer delay in diagnosis.1,2 There is scientific evidence that prognosis for…
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…

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