Abstracts tagged "obesity"

Abstract Number: 1908 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bariatric Surgery Does Not Affect the Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Obese Subjects
Yuan Zhang¹, Cristina Maglio², Anna Rudin³ and Lena Carlsson⁴, ¹Dep. of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Dep. of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research and Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Dept of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Obesity is among the risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment to achieve weight loss and to prevent obesity-related…
Abstract Number: 2331 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Obesity Might Positively Affect TNF Mediated Bone Metabolism in RA Patients
Mie Jin Lim¹, Won Park², Seong Ryul Kwon³, Kyong-Hee Jung⁴ and Seung Yun Lee³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Rheumatology, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: In this study, we tried to find out the effect of obesity on bone metabolism after one year of anti-TNF agent use. Methods: Thirty-two…
Abstract Number: 2984 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lifestyle and MTX Use Are the Strongest Predictors of Not Achieving Remission in the First Year of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH)
Susan J. Bartlett^1,2, Orit Schieir³, Marie-France Valois⁴, Carol Hitchon⁵, Louis Bessette⁶, Gilles Boire⁷, Carter Thorne⁸, Janet E. Pope⁹, Vivian P. Bykerk¹⁰, Edward C. Keystone¹¹, Diane Tin¹² and Glen Hazlewood¹³, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of ClinEpi, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³McGill University, Montreal, ON, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁸University of Toronto, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹¹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹³Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Implementation of RA guidelines have improved remission outcomes in RA; nevertheless 45% of early RA participants do not achieve remission in the first year.…
Abstract Number: 2770 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Using Fitbits. Fitabase®, and Remote Coaching to Increase Physical Activity in Employees with Knee Osteoarthritis Symptoms
Pamela Semanik¹, Julia (Jungwha) Lee², Christine Pellegrini³, Jing Song⁴ and Rowland W. Chang⁵, ¹College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL, ²Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) affects approximately 6% of adults and is a leading cause of disability among U.S. adults. Physical activity (PA) is known to…
Abstract Number: 2851 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
General and Abdominal Obesity As Risk Factors for Late-Life Mobility Limitation Among Women with Total Knee or Hip Replacement for Osteoarthritis
Aladdin Shadyab¹, Wenjun Li², Charles Eaton³ and Andrea LaCroix⁴, ¹Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Family Medicine and Epidemiology, Warren Alpert Medical School, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁴Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: The population is rapidly aging, and by 2060, more than 12 million women will be ages 85 years and older in the United States.…
Abstract Number: 1898 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Overweight/Obesity Affect Histological Features of Synovial Membrane of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients from Disease Onset to Stable Remission Achievement
Stefano Alivernini¹, Barbara Tolusso¹, Maria Rita Gigante¹, Laura Bui², Clara Di Mario¹, Luca Petricca¹, Gabriele Di Sante¹, Roberta Benvenuto², Anna Laura Fedele¹, Francesco Federico², Gianfranco Ferraccioli³ and Elisa Gremese¹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, ²Institute of Pathology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Università Cattolica - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Despite animal models, little is known about synovial tissue (ST) composition of overweight/obese Rheumatoid Arthritis patients. The aim of the study was to investigate…
Abstract Number: 1947 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Thy1 Is a Positive Regulator of Osteoblast Differentiation and Modulates Bone Homeostasis in Obese Mice
Ananta Paine¹, Collynn Woeller², Nelson Huertas¹, Maria de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez³, Richard Phipps² and Christopher T. Ritchlin⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA, Rochester, NY, ²Department of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry,, Department of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA, Rochester, NY, ³Department of Medicine,, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA, Rochester, NY, ⁴Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Thy1 (CD90) is a glycosylated, glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored membrane protein originally identified as a marker for mouse T cells but subsequent reports noted expression on…
Abstract Number: 2263 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Obesity Independently Associates with Worse Patient Reported Outcomes in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sarah L. Patterson¹, Gabriela Schmajuk², Kashif Jafri³, Katherine D. Wysham³ and Patricia P. Katz⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Obesity has been shown to exacerbate systemic inflammation in the general population and contributes to worse disease-related outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis. The impact of…
Abstract Number: 2308 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prevalence of Comorbidities in Pediatric Psoriasis and Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis
Cuoghi Edens¹, Angela Byun Robinson² and Maria Antonelli³, ¹Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology and Division of Rheumatology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH, ³Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Adult-onset psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have been associated with increased rates of diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. We sought to evaluate the prevalence…
Abstract Number: 2524 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Weight Change before and after Diagnosis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Alexis Ogdie¹, Michael D. George², Joel Gelfand³, Maureen Dubreuil⁴, Thorvardur Love⁵ and Joshua Baker⁶, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania Health System , Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Clinical Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been associated with weight loss around the time of diagnosis; little is known about weight change around diagnosis in…
Abstract Number: 36 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
The Association of Obesity with Pediatric Psoriatic Arthritis
Cynthia Manos¹, Rui Xiao², Timothy G. Brandon¹, Alexis Ogdie-Beatty³ and Pamela Weiss⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Rheumatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Center for Pediatric Clincial Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Obesity is associated with a significantly increased risk of inflammatory arthritis in adult patients with psoriasis. Obese adults with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) also…
Abstract Number: 1194 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Body Mass Index and Smoking Are Associated with a Lower Risk of Sarcoidosis: A Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study
Patompong Ungprasert¹, Cynthia S. Crowson² and Eric L. Matteson¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Low Body Mass Index and Smoking Are Associated With a Lower Risk of Sarcoidosis: A Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder…
Abstract Number: 1543 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Obese Patients with RA Have a More Seropositive and a More Active Disease with Less Deformities
Adeeba Al-Herz¹, Adel Al-Awadhi², Khulood Saleh³, Waleed Al-Kandari³, Eman Hasan⁴, Aqeel Ghanem⁵, Fatemah Abutiban⁶, Ahmad Alenizi⁶, Mohammad Hussain⁴, Yaser Ali⁵, Ibrahim Nahar⁵, Ali Aldei¹, Hebah Alhajeri⁵, Sawsan Hayat⁵, Ahmad Khadrawy³, Ammad Fazal³, Khaled Mokaddem¹, Ajaz Zaman⁵, Ghada Mazloum⁵, Youssef Bartella¹, Sally Hamed¹ and Ahmed Al-Saber⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Al-Amiri Hospital, Kuwait city, Kuwait, ²Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait, Kuwait, ³Rheumatology, Farwania Hospital, Farwania, Kuwait, ⁴Al-Amiri Hospital, Kuwait city, Kuwait, ⁵Rheumatology, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Hawally, Kuwait, ⁶Rheumatology, Jahra Hospital, Jahra, Kuwait, ⁷Department of Mathematics, Kuwait Technical College, Kuwait city, Kuwait
Background/Purpose: An association between obesity and RA activity has been proposed in the literature. Kuwait has the highest obesity rate in The Middle East and…
Abstract Number: 2139 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Fat Diet Induced Longitudinal Metabolic Changes Contribute to Acceleration of Osteoarthritis in Mice
Poulami Datta¹, Yue Zhang^2,3, Alexa Parousis¹, Anirudh Sharma¹, Evgeny Rossomacha¹, Rajiv Gandhi¹, Jason Rockel¹ and Mohit Kapoor¹, ¹Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto Western Hospital, Arthritis Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The first clinical college, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
Background/Purpose: The contribution of metabolic changes induced by high fat diet (HFD) to OA is poorly understood. We sought to determine if diet regulates…
Abstract Number: 2289 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Obesity and Echocardiographic Changes in the Different Stages of Gout
Rada Gancheva¹, Atanas Kundurdjiev², Mariana Ivanova¹, Todor Kundurzhiev³ and Zlatimir Kolarov¹, ¹Medical Faculty, Medical University, University Hospital "St. Iv. Rilski", Clinic of Rheumatology, Sofia, Bulgaria, ²Medical Faculty, Medical University, University Hospital "St. Iv. Rilski", Clinic of Nephrology, Sofia, Bulgaria, ³Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Sofia, Bulgaria
Background/Purpose: Studies on gout and its stages as a cardiovascular (CV) risk factor are few and with contradictory results. We compared echocardiographic parameters, known as…

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