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  • 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: 0655 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Weight Loss as Treatment for Gout in Patients with Concomitant Obesity: A Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial

    Kristian Zobbe1, Robin Christensen2, Sabrina Mai Nielsen3, Lisa Stamp4, Marius Henriksen5, Anders Føhrby Overgaard6, Lene Dreyer7, Filip Krag Knop8, Jasvinder Singh9, Michael Doherty10, Pascal Richette11, Arne Astrup12, Karen Ellegaard1, Else Marie Bartels13, Mikael Boesen14, Henrik Rindel Gudbergsen15, Henning Bliddal15 and Lars Erik Kristensen16, 1The Parker Institute - Frederiksberg og Bispebjerg Hospitaler, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute/Odense University Hospital, Copenhagen F, Denmark, 3The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, 4University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5The Parker Institute - Frederiksberg og Bispebjerg Hospitaler, Copenhagen, 6The Parker Institute - Frederiksberg og Bispebjerg Hospitaler, Sorø, 7Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg UnIversity Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, 8Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark, Copenhagen, 9University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 10Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham UK, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 11Department of Rheumatology, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, 12Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, 13Department of Neurology, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14Department of Radiology Copenhagen University hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg; The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15The Parker Institute - Frederiksberg og Bispebjerg Hospitaler, Frederiksberg, Denmark, 16The Parker Institute Copenhagen Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark

    Background/Purpose: Despite scarce evidence regarding the effects of weight loss in gout1, international guidelines recommend dietary advice and weight loss as a core management strategy…
  • Abstract Number: 0718 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Obesity Impairs Achievement of Clinical Inactive Disease (CID) in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Treated with TNF Inhibitors

    Fabio Basta1, Denise Pires Marafon2, Angela Aquilani3, Maria Isabella Petrone4, Andrea Uva5, Hanan Jadoun6, Aurora Puccacco2, Rebecca Nicolai6, Silvia Magni Manzoni2 and Fabrizio De Benedetti7, 11 Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy 2 University Center of Autoimmunity, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany 3 Acura Rheumatology Center Rhineland Palatinate, Bad Kreuznach, Germany, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, 2Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, 3Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 4Dipartimento Pediatrico Universitario Ospedaliero, Tor Vergata University, Roma, Italy, 5Dipartimento Materno-Infantile e Scienze Urologiche, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, 6Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 7Division of Rheumatology, Laboratory of Immuno-Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy

    Background/Purpose: to assess prevalence and disease features associated with obesity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to evaluate the impact of obesity on the achievement…
  • Abstract Number: 1062 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Dermatomyositis: A Dermatology-Rheumatology Clinic Retrospective Analysis

    Burak Elkiran1, Mahroo Tajalli2, Terrence M. Vance3, Abrar A. Qureshi4 and Anthony M. Reginato5, 1Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology; Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, BOSTON, 2Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, PROVIDENCE, 3Department of Epidemiology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, PROVIDENCE, 4Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, BOSTON, 5Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) can be categorized into two major subtypes: clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) and classic dermatomyositis (CDM). In this study, we aimed to identify characteristics…
  • Abstract Number: 1100 • ACR Convergence 2020

    The Hand Osteoarthritis Registry of New York University: Impacts of Gender and Obesity

    Fernando Bomfim1, Shannon Chen2, Stephen Zak3, Taylor Jazrawi2, Vivienne Qie3, Benjamin Plotz2 and Jonathan Samuels4, 1New York University, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Millburn, NJ, 2NYU Langone Health, New York, 3NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, 4NYU Langone, Rye Brook, NY

    Background/Purpose: Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) data is often obtained from large knee OA cohorts. Targeted HOA cohorts in Europe have shed light on this disease, but…
  • 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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