Abstracts tagged "Obesity and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 706 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Elevated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Among Obese Patients with SLE- Not Always a Marker of Disease Activity
George Stojan¹, Erik Barr² and Michelle Petri³, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Medicine (Rheumatology), Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, USA, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Obesity is more common in patients with SLE compared to the general population. The prevalence of obesity among SLE patients is between 28 and…
Abstract Number: 1634 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Body Mass Index and Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus- a Paradoxical Relationship?
George Stojan¹, Wei Fu² and Michelle Petri³, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Medicine (Rheumatology), Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, USA, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Obesity is more common in patients with SLE compared to the general population. The prevalence of obesity among SLE patients is between 28 and…
Abstract Number: 1636 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Body Mass Index at Disease Onset Is Predictive of Future Organ Damage in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
George Stojan¹, Wei Fu² and Michelle Petri³, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Medicine (Rheumatology), Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, USA, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Obesity is more common in patients with SLE compared to the general population. The prevalence of obesity among SLE patients is between 28…
Abstract Number: 1084 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Obesity Is a Risk Factor for Depression in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Patricia P. Katz¹, Stephanie Rush², Laura Trupin³, Jennifer Barton³, Gabriela Schmajuk³, Jinoos Yazdany³, Chris Tonner⁴ and Mary Margaretten³, ¹Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴3333 California Street, Box 09, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: General population studies have found significant relationships between obesity and depression, including identifying obesity as a risk factor for onset of depression. In SLE,…
Abstract Number: 1399 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Regional Fat Distribution Is Independently Associated with Damage Accrual in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Female Patients
Manuel F. Ugarte-Gil¹, Rocio V. Gamboa-Cardenas², Karim E. Diaz-Deza², Mariela Medina-Chinchon¹, J. Mariano Cucho-Venegas¹, Risto A. Perich-Campos¹, Jose L. Alfaro-Lozano¹, Alfredo A. Sanchez-Torres², Zoila Rodriguez-Bellido¹, Sheyla Rodriguez-Ulloa² and Cesar A. Pastor-Asurza¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Guillermo Almenara, EsSalud, Lima, Peru, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Almenara, Lima, Peru
Background/Purpose: In general population, a higher trunk fat and the ratio of trunk fat to leg fat (trunk-leg ratio) increase the risk for a cardiovascular…
Abstract Number: 1400 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Predictors of Obesity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Michelle Petri¹, Sesha Adusumilli² and Hong Fang¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Div of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Hypertension and obesity are the two most important traditional cardiovascular risk factors in the prediction of subclinical measures of atherosclerosis in SLE. Obesity is…
Abstract Number: 640 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Association of Body Weight with Cardiovascular Events in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
George Stojan¹, Homa Timlin², Hong Fang³, Laurence S. Magder⁴ and Michelle Petri³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Harvard Medical School- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²West Drayton, United Kingdom, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Excessive body mass among healthy subjects carries an increased risk of subsequent cardiovascular (CV) events. In healthy subjects, the relationship between body mass index…