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  • Abstract Number: 1658 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Mediation of the Association Between Obesity and Osteoarthritis by Blood Pressure, Arterial Stiffness, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis

    Marieke Loef1, Rob van der Geest1, Hildo Lamb1, Renée de Mutsert1, Frits Rosendaal1 and Margreet Kloppenburg1, 1Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Obesity-related metabolic dysregulation may lead to atherosclerotic vascular changes. It has been hypothesized that a compromised blood flow may cause detrimental changes to the…
  • Abstract Number: 1746 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Association of Obesity with Treatment Response to Methotrexate or Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Dilli Poudel1, Ted Mikuls2, Michael George1, Bryant England2, Grant Cannon3, Brian Sauer4 and Joshua Baker1, 1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 3Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 4University of Utah, Omaha, NE

    Background/Purpose: Obesity affects 30-40% of RA patients and is associated with higher clinical disease activity measures and progressive disability. Studies suggest that obesity may be…
  • Abstract Number: 1883 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Exercise Partially Explains the Impact of Body Mass Index on Disease Activity in Ankylosing Spondylitis

    Jean Liew1, Milena Gianfrancesco2, Susan Heckbert1 and Lianne Gensler3, 1University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 3University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients have elevated cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality compared to general population comparators of the same age and sex. Although obesity…
  • Abstract Number: 1915 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Leptin Plays a Critical Role in Modulating Dermal Adipose Tissue, Inflammation and Skin Fibrosis

    Roberta Goncalves Marangoni1, Stacey Duemmel2, Marc Nuzzo2, Christopher Ritchlin3 and Benjamin Korman3, 1University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, 3Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

    Background/Purpose: We previously demonstrated that systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients have substantial reduction in dermal white adipose tissue (dWAT) which correlates with skin fibrosis. In animal…
  • Abstract Number: 0139 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data (RAPID) 3 as a Predictor of Weight Reduction in Rheumatology Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

    John Byun1, Meenakshi Jolly2, Todd Beck1 and Sobia Hassan2, 1Rush University, Chicago, 2Rush University, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: Obesity is associated with higher disease activity in many rheumatologic diseases with evidence of improvement following bariatric surgery. Despite the impressive average weight loss…
  • Abstract Number: 1960 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Cost-effectiveness of Surgical and Non-Surgical Weight Loss Programs for Morbidly Obese Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

    Valia Leifer1, Jeffrey Katz2, Faith Selzer3, Tuhina Neogi4, Jamie Collins5 and Elena Losina2, 1The Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe) at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 2Harvard Medical School / The Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe) at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3The Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe) at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Amesbury, MA, 4Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 5The Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe) at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Growing numbers of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients are morbidly obese (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2). Evolving evidence suggests weight reduction may delay the structural progression…
  • Abstract Number: 0485 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Non-obese Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Low Low-density Lipoprotein Have Higher Coronary Atherosclerosis Burden, Greater Plaque Progression and Cardiovascular Event Risk

    George Karpouzas1, Sarah Ormseth1, Elizabeth Hernandez1 and Matthew Budoff1, 1Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and the Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA

    Background/Purpose: RA patients with low body weight incur higher mortality than obese patients. Paradoxically, RA patients in the lowest low-density lipoprotein group (LDL < 70…
  • Abstract Number: 0552 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Fast Food Habits and Serum Urate Change in Young Adults: 15-Year Prospective Cohort Analysis

    Chio Yokose1, Na Lu2, Natalie McCormick1, John Choi3, Yuqing Zhang4 and Hyon Choi5, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 4Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, 5Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Lexington, MA

    Background/Purpose: Fast food consumption has strong positive associations with weight gain and insulin resistance. Obesity and insulin resistance are, in turn, strongly associated with elevated…
  • Abstract Number: 105 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

    Discovering the Implications of Adiposity in Juvenile Dermatomyositis

    Vy Do1, Chanhee Jo 2, Jaclyn Albin 1, Tracey Wright 1, Julie Fuller 3 and Una Makris 1, 1UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 2Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, 3UT Southwestern Medical Center, Frisco

    Background/Purpose: Obesity and pro-inflammatory cytokines produced by adipocytes have been linked to many outcomes including disease severity, treatment response, and disease progression in several autoimmune…
  • Abstract Number: 199 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Obesity and Incident Opioid Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Joshua Baker1, Sofia Pedro 2 and Kaleb Michaud 3, 1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, 3University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

    Background/Purpose: Prevalent chronic use of opioids approximately 17% among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has increased over the last decade.(1) Obesity may be a…
  • Abstract Number: 284 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Impact of Body Mass Index on the Agreement Between Ultrasound- and Clinical Assessments of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis : Multicenter and Cross-sectional Study

    Gaël Mouterde1, Federico Manna 2, Benoît Le Goff 3, Jean-David Albert 4, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin 5, Frédérique Gandjbakhch 6, Damien Loeuille 7, Philippe Gaudin 8, Muriel Piperno 9, Frédéric Banal 10, Bénédicte Jamard 11, Carine Salliot 12, Nicolas Molinari 2, Bernard Combe 13, Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino 14 and Cédric Lukas 15, 1CHU Montpellier and Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 2Clinical Research and Epidemiology Unit, University Hospital, Montpellier, France, 3Rheumatology Department, CHU de Nantes and INSERM UMR 1238, Faculty of Biology of Nantes, Nantes, France, 4Rheumatology department, Rennes University Hospital and Institut NUMECAN, INSERM U 1241, Rennes, Bretagne, France, 5Rheumatology Department, Cavale Blanche Hospital and Brest Occidentale University, Brest, France, 6Rheumatology department, Pitié Salpêtrière hospital, APHP and Sorbonne University, Paris, France, 7Rheumatology, Nancy University Hospital and and UMR 7365 CNRS-UL IMoPA, Université de Lorraine, VANDOEUVRE, France, 8Rheumatology Department, CHU Grenoble Alpes Hôpital Sud and GREPI - Université Grenoble Alpes, EA7408, Grenoble - Echirolles, France, 9Rheumatology Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France, 10Service rhumatologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Bégin, Saint Mandé, France, 11Department of Rheumatology, Purpan Teaching Hospital, Toulouse, France, 12Rheumatology Unit, centre hospitalier regional d'Orleans, Orléans, France, 13CHU Montpellier, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, 14UMR1173, INSERM/Versailles-Saint Quentin University, France Ambroise Paré Hospital (AP-HP) Department of Rheumatology, Boulogne Billancourt, France, 15Rheumatology department, CHU Montpellier, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    Background/Purpose: Clinical evaluation of synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is difficult in obese (O) and overweight patients, due to the fat pad located around the…
  • Abstract Number: 2077 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Population Impact Attributable to Modifiable Risk Factors for Hyperuricemia and the Fallacy of the Variance Explained

    Natalie McCormick 1, Na Lu 2, Sharan Rai 3, Chio Yokose 4, Yuqing Zhang 4 and Hyon K. Choi4, 1Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Massachusetts General Hosptial, Boston, MA, 3Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 4Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: In a seminal BMJ paper (Prior 1986), the Tokelau Island migrant study for gout and hyperuricemia concluded preventive strategies to modify body mass, diet…
  • Abstract Number: 2194 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Surgical and Medical Weight Loss Threshold Dictates Decreases in Knee Osteoarthritis Pain but Not Reductions in Inflammatory Biomarkers

    Fernando Bomfim1, Shannon Chen 1, Stephen Zak 2, Taylor Jazrawi 1, Madeline Kundler 2, Vivienne Qie 2, Laura Peralta 2, Jose Aleman 2, Christine Ren-Fielding 2, Holly Lofton 2, Jyoti Patel 2, Mukundan Attur 3, Steven B. Abramson 3 and Jonathan Samuels 1, 1NYU Langone Health, New York, 2NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, 3NYU School of Medicine and NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York City, NY

    Background/Purpose: Weight loss in obese patients can reduce knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain, even when physical therapy and intra-articular injections have failed. The impacts of either…
  • Abstract Number: 2376 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Modifiable Factors Associated with Response to Treatment in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Zoe Brown 1, Robert Metcalf 2, Jana Bednarz 3, Christiana Stavrou 4, Llewellyn Spargo 2, Michael James 2 and Susanna Proudman5, 1The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2Rheumatology Unit, The Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 3Adelaide Health Technology Assessment, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 4University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 5University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

    Background/Purpose: Among the potentially modifiable prognostic factors in RA, there is evidence for associations with smoking history, BMI and dietary fish oil supplementation. An integrated…
  • Abstract Number: 2459 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Effect of Obesity and Surgical Weight Loss on Joint Surgery Hospitalizations in Psoriatic Arthritis: Data from National Inpatient Sample

    Rashmi Dhital1, Dilli Ram Poudel 2, Anthony Donato 3, Olubunmi Oladunjoye 4 and Paras Karmacharya 5, 1Reading Hospital ,PA, Shillington, PA, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 3Reading Hospital, PA, Reading, 4Reading Hospital, PA, West Reading, PA, 5Reading Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

    Background/Purpose: Obesity is associated with higher disease activity and poor treatment response in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). However, there is limited data as to…
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