Abstracts tagged "obesity and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 1535 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Clinical Impact of Overweight in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Comparison Between Korean and Other Countries within the Comora Study
Kichul Shin¹, Eun Young Ahn², Hyun Mi Kwon², In Ah Choi³, Yeonsoo Baik⁴ and Yeong Wook Song², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of internal medicine, Chungbook National University Hospital, Cheongju-si, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of internal medicine, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Obesity has recently been spotlighted as an important comorbidity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA); not only associated with disease severity but also its development. Despite…
Abstract Number: 1598 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Obesity and the Risk for Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis – Results from a Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study
Lotta Ljung^1,2 and Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist³, ¹Department of Medicine, Solna, Clinical epidemiology unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department for Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ³Department for Public Health and Clinical Medicine/ Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Studies on obesity and the risk for development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have shown diverse results. In this study we evaluated the association between…
Abstract Number: 1477 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Overweight and Obesity Are Associated with Reduced Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Men, but Not in Women
Carl Turesson¹, Ulf Bergström², Mitra Pikwer^2,3, Jan-Åke Nilsson² and Lennart Jacobsson^2,4, ¹Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ²Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ³Rheumatology Unit, Mälar Hospital, Eskilstuna, Sweden, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose There are diverging results on the relation between body mass index (BMI) and risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Several studies have reported different patterns…
Abstract Number: 1062 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Obesity on 1 Year Outcomes: Results from the Meteor Foundation International Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Christopher Sparks¹, Robert Moots¹, Eftychia Psarelli², Tom Huizinga³ and Nicola Goodson¹, ¹Musculoskeletal Biology1, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose Increased adiposity is associated with increased production of pro-inflammatory adipokines and raised inflammatory markers. As a result, standard disease activity scores (DAS) may be…
Abstract Number: 2657 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interactions Between Cigarette Smoking, Body Mass Index and Inflammatory Cytokine Levels In Determining The Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elizabeth V. Arkema¹, Susan Malspeis², Bing Lu³, Linda T. Hiraki⁴, Elizabeth W. Karlson² and Karen H. Costenbader², ¹Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Smoking and high body mass index (BMI) are risk factors for RA. Both are associated with increased systemic inflammation, with elevated C-reactive protein, interleukin…
Abstract Number: 2484 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hepatic Steatosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Associations with Disease Characteristics, Pharmacotherapies, and Atherosclerosis
Jon T. Giles¹ and Joan M. Bathon², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Ectopic deposition of liver fat (steatosis) is associated with insulin resistance (IR), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and is a potent risk factor for cirrhosis. RA…
Abstract Number: 2411 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Obesity Is Associated with Higher Levels of Fatigue in RA
Patricia P. Katz¹, Vladimir Chernitskiy² and Mary Margaretten², ¹Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is recognized as a major problem for individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), yet the causes of fatigue are not well defined. Obesity appears…
Abstract Number: 1608 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Overweight and Obesity Increase Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women in a Large Prospective Study
Bing Lu¹, Chia-Yen Chen², Linda T. Hiraki³, Karen H. Costenbader¹ and Elizabeth W. Karlson⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Overweight and Obesity Increase Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women in a Large Prospective StudyBackground/Purpose: Several case-control studies have suggested that overweight and obesity may…
Abstract Number: 1221 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Muscle Density in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Modified Association with Total Fat Mass, Results of a Pilot Study
Joshua Baker¹, Joan Marie Von Feldt² and Mary Beth Leonard³, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Rheumatology, Univ of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, ³Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Fatty infiltration of muscle (myosteatosis) results in a decrease in muscle density. Prior studies documented that skeletal muscle attenuation determined by CT was associated…
Abstract Number: 1231 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated with Likelihood of Being Overweight in Women
Irum-Mona Idrees¹, H. Lester Kirchner² and Androniki Bili¹, ¹Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger Center for Health Research, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: Adipose tissue is metabolically active producing adipokines, which, along with locally attracted cytokines, are active participants in inflammation and its regulation. Since RA a…

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