Abstracts tagged "obesity and pediatric rheumatology"

Abstract Number: 473 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
A Weighty Diagnosis: Weight Change and Risk Factors in Early Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Erin Treemarcki¹, Jackie Szymonifka², Alexa Adams³, Nancy Pan⁴, Sarah Taber⁵ and Karen Onel⁵, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: SLE is a chronic, multisystem autoimmune condition with multiple comorbidities due to inflammation and treatment, including metabolic syndrome, poor cardiac outcome, and poor quality…