Abstracts tagged "obesity"

Abstract Number: 294 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Obesity On Health-Related Quality of Life in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Rina Mina¹, Marisa S. Klein-Gitelman², Shannen Nelson³, Lori B. Tucker⁴, B. Anne Eberhard⁵, Nora G. Singer⁶, Deborah M. Levy⁷, Kathleen A. Haines⁸, Karen Onel⁹, Marilynn G. Punaro¹⁰, Kathleen M. O'Neil¹¹, Michael Henrickson¹², Jun Ying¹³ and Hermine Brunner¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/ University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Division of Rheumatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Pediatric Rheum/Rm K4-120, BC Childrens Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Cohen Children's Hospital Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, ⁶Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Department of Pediatrics, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, ¹¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, ¹²MLC 4010, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹³Medicine-Internal Medicine-General Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Obesity in adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is associated with an added risk of cardiovascular disease, decreased health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and…
Abstract Number: 241 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Excess Body Weight and 4-Year Function Outcomes: Comparison of African-Americans and Caucasians in the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Carmelita J. Colbert¹, Orit Almagor², Joan S. Chmiel², Jing Song³, Dorothy D. Dunlop³, Karen W. Hayes⁴ and Leena Sharma², ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Given the heterogeneity of knee OA impact, it is important to identify persons at risk for poor outcome. A better understanding of differences…

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