Abstracts tagged "Lupus and epidemiologic methods"

Abstract Number: 1097 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Spatial-Time Cluster Analysis of SLE Disease Activity
George Stojan¹, Anton Kvit², Frank Curriero² and Michelle Petri³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Cluster detection is an essential tool in the public health domain with the goal of detecting anomalous clusters of disease cases. We performed a…
Abstract Number: 58 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Attribution of Cause of End-Stage Renal Disease Among Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Laura Plantinga¹, Cristina Drenkard¹, Stephen Pastan² and S. Sam Lim³, ¹Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Renal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: The attributed cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) is often used to identify systemic lupus erythematosus…
Abstract Number: 1237 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Incidence and Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematous in a Defined Population in United Arab Emirates
Ali Al Dhanhani¹, Omran Bakoush², Mukesh Agarwal³ and Yusra Othman⁴, ¹Dept. Internal Medicine,, Assistant profesor, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, ²Internal Medicine, Associate Professor , UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, ³Professor, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, ⁴Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Background/Purpose: There is a paucity of information about the incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Arab countries.…
Abstract Number: 2788 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Preliminary Population- Based Incidence and Prevalence Estimates of SLE: The California Lupus Surveillance Project
Maria Dall'era¹, Kurt Snipes², Miriam Cisternas³, C. Gordon⁴ and Charles G. Helmick⁵, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA, ³MGC Data Services, San Diego, CA, ⁴Rheumatology (East Wing), Medical School, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁵National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Previous estimates of prevalence and incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the United States have varied widely. The California Lupus Surveillance Project (CLSP)…