Abstracts tagged "obesity"

Abstract Number: 1289 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluating Peri–operative Preferences of Bariatric Surgeons in the Management of Immunosuppressive Therapy During Bariatric Surgery
Suguni Aushadhi Loku Galappaththy¹ and Nicole Fearing², ¹University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ²HCA Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, KS
Background/Purpose: As the number of bariatric procedures increases, surgeons will encounter more patients on long-term immunosuppressive medications that may increase post-operative complications. Currently, there are…
Abstract Number: 1328 • ACR Convergence 2022
CT Evaluation of Bone Fragility 2 Years After Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Obesity: An Observational Study
Marine FAUNY¹, Marion Halin², Edem Allado², Didier Quilliot², Laurent Brunaud², Eliane Albuisson², Isabelle Chary-Valckenaere² and Damien Loeuille², ¹Nancy University Hospital, Toul, France, ²Nancy University Hospital, Vandoeuvre, France
Background/Purpose: The objectives were to evaluate bone fragility on computed tomography (CT) in patients with obesity before and 2 years after bariatric surgery and to…
Abstract Number: 1329 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence of Bone Fragility on DXA and CT in Patients with Obesity
Marion Halin¹, Edem Allado¹, Didier Quilliot¹, Eliane Albuisson¹, Isabelle Chary-Valckenaere¹, Damien Loeuille¹, Laurent Brunaud¹ and Marine FAUNY², ¹Nancy University Hospital, Vandoeuvre, France, ²Nancy University Hospital, Toul, France
Background/Purpose: Primary objective was to evaluate bone fragility prevalence on dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and on computed tomography (CT), in patients with severe obesity. Secondary…
Abstract Number: 1510 • ACR Convergence 2022
Modifying Lifestyle Factors May Offer the Potential to Enhance the Outcome of Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Axial Spondyloarthritis – Data from 14 European Countries
Gareth Jones¹, Ovidiu Rotariu¹, Brigitte Michelsen², Bente Glintborg³, Bjorn Gudbjornsson⁴, Arni Geirsson⁵, Heikki Relas⁶, Pia Isomäki⁷, Jakub Závada⁸, Karel Pavelka⁹, Ziga Rotar¹⁰, Matija Tomsic¹⁰, Michael Nissen¹¹, Adrian Ciurea¹², Catalin Codreanu¹³, Johan Karlsson Wallman¹⁴, Eirik Kristianslund¹⁵, Simon Rasmussen¹⁶, Lykke Ørnbjerg¹⁷, Maria José Santos¹⁸, Mikkel Østergaard¹⁹, Merete L Hetland²⁰ and Gary Macfarlane¹, ¹University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, ³Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Virum, Denmark, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁶Rheumatology, Inflammation Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ⁷Centre for Rheumatology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁹Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic, ¹⁰University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹¹Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹²University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹³Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania, ¹⁴Lund University and Skane University Hospital, Hjarup, Sweden, ¹⁵Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ¹⁷Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, ¹⁸Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Charneca da Caparica, Portugal, ¹⁹Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁰Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: In axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) much attention has been focused on pharmacological management, including tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi), as a means to reducing inflammation,…
Abstract Number: 1633 • ACR Convergence 2022
Genetic Risk, Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle, and Incident Gout in US Women and Men
Kehuan Lin¹, Natalie McCormick¹, Leo Lu², amit johi³, Chio Yokose⁴ and Hyon Choi⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Regeneron, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ⁵MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Lifestyle and genetic factors have been independently related to incident gout risk. However, it remains unknown whether the genetic risk of gout is affected…
Abstract Number: 0153 • ACR Convergence 2022
Obesity Is Associated with Higher Odds of Malignancy Development Among Dermatomyositis Patients
Astia Allenzara¹, Nakisa Sadeghi¹, Carolina Alvarez², Steve Maczuga³, Matthew Helm³, Amanda Nelson² and Galen Foulke¹, ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with an increased risk of mortality and morbidity from cancer. Across the general population, excess body weight…
Abstract Number: 2234 • ACR Convergence 2022
Obesity, Adipokines, and Chronic and Persistent Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, Kristin Wipfler², Marianna Olave³, Sofia Pedro⁴, Patricia Katz⁵ and Kaleb Michaud⁶, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ³Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ⁵UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ⁶University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Obesity has been linked to chronic pain and pain sensitization in the general population and among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The mechanism by…
Abstract Number: 0291 • ACR Convergence 2022
Tofacitinib Leads to Significant Weight Gain – A Real Life Experience of 429 Patients
Naga Prabu¹, velammal petchaippan², Gayathri anand³, Aswathi kumar¹ and Saranya Ramachandiran³, ¹SAKTHI RHEUMATOLOGY CENTRE PVT LTD, Coimbatore, India, ²PSG INSTTUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH, Coimbatore, India, ³sakthi rheumatology centre pvt l;td, Coimbatore, India
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib(Tofa) an oral Janus kinase inhibitor(JAK) has shown good promise in the management of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. While being increasingly used in…
Abstract Number: 0405 • ACR Convergence 2022
Efficacy and Safety of Tofacitinib in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis by Baseline BMI: A Post Hoc Analysis of Phase 2 and Phase 3 Trials
Hillary Norton¹, Paula Sliwinska-Stanczyk², Tomas Hala³, Bassel Elzorkany⁴, Lori Stockert⁵, Harry Shi⁵, Cunshan Wang⁶, Jerome Paulissen⁷ and Christopher Ritchlin⁸, ¹Sante Fe Rheumatology, Santa Fe, NM, ²Reumatika Centrum Reumatologii, Warsaw, Poland, ³Center for Clinical and Basic Research, Pardubice, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁵Pfizer, Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁷Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁸Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY
Background/Purpose: Higher BMI is associated with reduced response to TNF inhibitors (TNFi) in patients (pts) with AS.1 Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for…
Abstract Number: 0680 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Environmental Risk Factors with Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Thrombosis in 1199 International Patients Referred for Suspected Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Medha Barbhaiya¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah, DrPH, MSPH¹, Jonah Levine¹, Karen Costenbader² and Doruk Erkan¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Whether environmental risk factors induce antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) positivity and increase the risk of arterial thrombosis (AT) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in aPL-positive patients…
Abstract Number: 0706 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Knee Pain over 10-13 Years in Middle-Aged Adults
Ambrish Singh, Brooklyn Fraser, Alison Venn, Leigh Blizzard, Changhai Ding and Benny Samuel Antony, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Background/Purpose: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterised by the clustering of central obesity with metabolic abnormalities. MetS has been suggested as having a role in osteoarthritis…
Abstract Number: 0741 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prescribing Patterns of SGLT2 Inhibitors for Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
Emily G Oakes¹, Jack Ellrodt¹, May Choi², Hongshu Guan¹ and Karen Costenbader¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i, dapagliflozin, canagliflozin, and empagliflozin) are a class of oral hypoglycemic medication for management of Type II diabetes mellitus (T2D),…
Abstract Number: 0821 • ACR Convergence 2022
Imiquimod Exaggerates Obesity-associated Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Murine Psoriasis Model
Hee Joo Kim¹, Dong Il Jeong² and YunJae Jung³, ¹Department of Dermatology, Gachon Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea, ²Department of Dermatology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea, ³Department of Microbiology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Recently, obesity has been known to be associated with psoriasis: obesity has negative effects on the prevalence, severity, and treatment response of psoriasis. High…
Abstract Number: 0844 • ACR Convergence 2022
Differences in Skin Advanced Glycation End-Products Levels Between Subgroups of Achilles Tendinopathy
Hayley Powell Smitheman, Shawn L. Hanlon and Karin Grävare Silbernagel, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: Achilles tendinopathy is a painful debilitating injury that negatively affects physical activity, quality of life, and overall health. While exercise is considered the gold…
Abstract Number: 0889 • ACR Convergence 2022
Serum Adipokines Predict Incident Osteoporotic Fracture in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, Katherine Wysham², Bryant England³, Punyasha Roul⁴, Aleksander Lenert⁵, Grant Cannon⁶, Brian Sauer⁷, Geoffrey Thiele³ and Ted Mikuls⁸, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁵University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁶Retired, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Adipokines are fat and muscle-secreted protein hormones that regulate metabolism. Adiponectin has been associated with fracture in the general population while the role of…

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