Abstracts tagged "longitudinal studies"

Abstract Number: 188 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Importance of Diagnosis: Clinical Distinctions Between Adult JIA and RA, and a Characterization of Patients with JIA Reclassified as RA in Adulthood
Kristin Wipfler¹, Sofia Pedro ¹, Yomei Shaw ¹, Rebecca Schumacher ¹, Teresa Simon ², Alyssa Dominique ³, Adam Reinhardt ⁴ and Kaleb Michaud ⁵, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb*, Princeton, NJ, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁴Children’s Hospital & Medical Center & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Wichita, KS
Background/Purpose: Upon transitioning from pediatric to adult care, many patients with JIA are labeled as having RA, despite the two diagnoses being distinct in care…
Abstract Number: 604 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Do Illness Perceptions and Coping Change over Time in Patients Recently Diagnosed with Axial Spondyloarthritis? A 2-Year Follow-Up Study in the SPACE Cohort
Miranda van Lunteren¹, Robert B.M. Landewé ², Camilla Fongen ³, Roberta Ramonda ⁴, Désirée van der Heijde ¹ and Floris van Gaalen ¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that in patients with recently diagnosed axial SpA (axSpA), illness perceptions had a negative impact on the relationship between back…
Abstract Number: 647 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Is ANA-status at Disease Inception Associated with Long-term Damage Accrual and Direct and Indirect Health Care Costs in the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Inception Cohort?
May Choi¹, Megan Barber ², Marvin Fritzler ¹, John G Hanly ³, Murray Urowitz ⁴, Yvan St-Pierre ⁵, Juanita Romero-Diaz ⁶, Caroline Gordon ⁷, Sang-Cheol Bae ⁸, Sasha Bernatsky ⁹, Daniel J Wallace ¹⁰, David A Isenberg ¹¹, Anisur Rahman ¹², Ellen M Ginzler ¹³, Michelle Petri ¹⁴, Ian Bruce ¹⁵, Paul Fortin ¹⁶, Dafna Gladman ¹⁷, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero ¹⁸, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman ¹⁹, Munther A Khamashta ²⁰, Cynthia Aranow ²¹, Meggan Mackay ²², Graciela Alarcón ²³, Susan Manzi ²⁴, Ola Nived ²⁵, Andreas Jönsen ²⁵, Asad Zoma ²⁶, Ronald van Vollenhoven ²⁷, Manuel Ramos-Casals ²⁸, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza ²⁹, S Sam Lim ³⁰, Kenneth C Kalunian ³¹, Murat Inanc ³², Diane Kamen ³³, Christine Peschken ³⁴, Soren Jacobsen ³⁵, Anca Askanase ³⁶, Vernon Farewell ³⁷ and Ann E Clarke ³⁸, ¹Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ³Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁴University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador, Zubiran Vasco de Quiroga, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁷University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, Beverly Hills, CA, ¹¹Centre for Rheumatology, London, United Kingdom, ¹²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹³State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ¹⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Division de Rhumatologie, Département de Médecine, CHU de Québec – Université Laval, Axe maladies infectieuses et inflammatoires, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec – Université Laval, Canada, Quebec, QC, Canada, ¹⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²⁰King's College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ²¹Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²²Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, New York, ²³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ²⁴Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburg, PA, ²⁵Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁶Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, United Kingdom, ²⁷Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center ARC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁸Josep Font Autoimmune Diseases Laboratory, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁹Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, Barakaldo, Spain, ³⁰Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³¹UC San Diego School of Medicine, LaJolla, CA, ³²Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³³Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA., Charleston, SC, ³⁴University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, ³⁵Copenhagen Lupus and Vasculitis Clinic, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³⁶Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³⁷University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³⁸University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: We reported that 7.7% (88/1137) of patients in an international inception cohort were ANA-negative at enrolment (Arthritis Care Res 2018 doi:1002/acr23712). There are no…
Abstract Number: 1453 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Baseline EULAR Sjögren’s Syndrome Patient-Reported Index Has a Significant Impact on the Longitudinal Course of Sjögren’s Syndrome
Eun Hye Park¹, You-Jung Ha ¹, Eun Ha Kang ¹, Yeong-Wook Song ² and Yun Jong Lee ³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, ²Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: The EULAR Sjögren's syndrome (SS) disease activity index (ESSDAI) and EULAR SS Patient-Reported Index (ESSPRI) have been validated as disease activity and outcome measures…
Abstract Number: 2080 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
It Starts at Work: The Relationship Between Workplace Supports and Presenteeism Among Young Adults with Rheumatic Disease
Arif Jetha¹, Lori Tucker ², Julie Bowring ³, Catherine L. Backman ⁴, Laurie Proulx ⁵, Vicki Kristman ⁶, Elizabeth M. Hazel ⁷, Louise Perlin ⁸ and Monique A.M. Gignac ³, ¹Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, ³Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, ⁵Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Ottawa, Canada, ⁶Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada, ⁷McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, ⁸St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Young adults with rheumatic disease who are employed frequently report presenteeism (i.e., working while unwell). Workplace supports including extended health benefits, job accommodations and…
Abstract Number: 2411 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Casting a Wide Net: Comparing Strategies for Recruiting 18-35-year-olds with Rheumatic Disease as Study Participants
Arif Jetha¹, Lori Tucker ², Julie Bowring ³, Catherine L. Backman ⁴, Laurie Proulx ⁵, Vicki Kristman ⁶ and Monique A.M. Gignac ³, ¹Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, ³Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, ⁵Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Ottawa, Canada, ⁶Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada
Background/Purpose: Young adulthood is a unique life phase that spans 18-35 years, and is characterized by healthcare, educational, vocational and social transitions. Experiences in young…
Abstract Number: 2456 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Validity of Patient-reported Cardiovascular Events in a Large Longitudinal Cohort of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis
Keith Colaco¹, Vinod Chandran ², Dafna Gladman ³ and Lihi Eder ⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ³Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Women’s College Hospital and the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Valuable information on cardiovascular disease outcomes can be obtained from large cohort studies. Such studies often rely on self-reported events, which are best validated…
Abstract Number: 2890 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Biologics on the Acquisition of Subsequent Diseases and Adverse Events: A Matched Longitudinal Population Study
Mark Tatangelo¹, George Tomlinson ², Edward Keystone ³, Michael Paterson ⁴, Nick Bansback ⁵ and Claire Bombardier ⁶, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, ⁶Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The direct and indirect effects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are difficult to measure in observational studies because: (1) The inflammatory effects of RA are…
Abstract Number: 1908 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bariatric Surgery Does Not Affect the Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Obese Subjects
Yuan Zhang¹, Cristina Maglio², Anna Rudin³ and Lena Carlsson⁴, ¹Dep. of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Dep. of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research and Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Dept of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Obesity is among the risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment to achieve weight loss and to prevent obesity-related…
Abstract Number: 2536 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: 24 Month Safety and Efficacy
Frieda A. Koopman¹, Anne Musters², Marieke M.J. Backer², Danielle Gerlag², Sanda Miljko³, Simeon Grazio⁴, Sekib Sokolovic⁵, Yaakov Levine⁶, David Chernoff⁶, Niek de Vries⁷ and Paul-Peter Tak², ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³University Clinical Hospital, Mostar, Bosnia, ⁴Vinogradsira 29, Clinical Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁵Rheumatology, Sarajevo University Clinical Center, Sarajevo, BA, ⁶SetPoint Medical, Inc., Valencia, CA, ⁷Dept. of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: RA is a debilitating chronic disease with an unmet need for additional therapeutic approaches. Modulating innate neuro-immune reflex pathways by stimulation of the vagus…
Abstract Number: 2712 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Longitudinal Outcomes in Scleroderma Patients with Negative Immunofluorescent Anti-Nuclear Antibodies
Mayce Haj-Ali¹, Derek Jones², Sean McNish³, Sarah Stupp³, Marissa Mangini³ and Victoria Shanmugam⁴, ¹Department of Medicince, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, ²The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ³The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, ⁴Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation, fibrosis, and vasculopathy. Historical data indicates approximately 90% of patients with SSc test positive…
Abstract Number: 2882 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Minimal Progression of Disease Manifestation in Patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome Re-Evaluated Multiple Years after Initial Disease Classification
Astrid Rasmussen¹, Lida Radfar², Kimberly Hefner³, David M. Lewis⁴, C. Erick Kaufman⁵, Donald U. Stone⁶, Kerry M. Leehan¹, Kiely Grundahl⁷, Christopher J. Lessard¹, A. Darise Farris⁸, R. Hal Scofield⁹ and Kathy L. Sivils¹⁰, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Hefner Eye Care Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Medicine, University of Oklahoam Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma CIty, OK, ⁸Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁹Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁰Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Classical connective tissue diseases, such as SLE and RA have well documented progression of disease and damage accrual. However, the natural history of Sjögren’s…
Abstract Number: 2966 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Shows Rapid Reduction of Uric Load during Treat-to-Target Approach in Gout Patients: Results from a Longitudinal Study
Hilde B Hammer¹, Lars Fritjof Karoliussen², Lene Terslev³, Espen A. Haavardsholm¹, Tore Kvien⁴ and Till Uhlig⁵, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴RAID working group for EULAR, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Uric monosodium urate (MSU) depositions are detected by ultrasound (US), and US is included in the ACR/EULAR classification criteria for gout. OMERACT definitions for…
Abstract Number: 240 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bi-Directional Associations between “Too Much Sitting” and Self-Reported Pain in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ciara O'Brien¹, Joan L. Duda¹, Jet J.C.S. Veldhuijzen van Zanten^1,2, George S. Metsios^2,3, George D. Kitas^1,2,4 and Sally A.M. Fenton^1,2, ¹School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, United Kingdom, ³Faculty of Education Health & Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, United Kingdom, ⁴Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Epidemiological evidence indicates that sedentary behaviour, or “too much sitting”, is associated with poor health outcomes in the general population, including elevated systemic inflammation.…
Abstract Number: 455 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Metabolic Syndrome and Trajectories of Pain Severity and Number of Painful Sites in Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from a 10.7-Year Prospective Study
Feng Pan¹, Jing Tian², Flavia Cicuttini³ and Graeme Jones⁴, ¹Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ²Public health unit, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ³Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Background/Purpose: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been suggested as having a role in osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis. No study has assessed whether MetS and its components are…

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