ACR Meeting Abstracts
ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 2151 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Phildrich Teh1, Bishoy Zakhary2, Arezoo Haghshenas3 and Vaneet K. Sandhu3, 1Internal Medicine, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, 2Office of Research, Riverside University Health System, Moreno Valley, CA, 3Division of Rheumatology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: Obesity is associated with increased disease severity in multiple autoimmune conditions, likely via formation of pro-inflammatory adipokines [1]. However, the role of obesity in…