Abstracts tagged "population studies"

Abstract Number: 0166 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effect of Air Pollution on Prevalence and Disease Activity of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the German Middle-aged Population from the NAKO Baseline Examination
Tim Filla¹, Gamal Chehab¹, Jutta Richter², Jörg Distler³ and Oliver Sander¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University., Düsseldorf, Germany, ²Clinic for Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Duesseldorf, Germany, Düsseldorf, Germany, ³University Hospital Duesseldorf and HHU, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Environmental influences affect the human body throughout life, from conception to old age. The influence of air pollution and fine dust particles on systemic…
Abstract Number: 1722 • ACR Convergence 2025
Defining Safe Hydroxychloroquine Blood Levels: Time to Switch to Precision Monitoring for Optimized Lupus Care
Shivani Garg¹, Benoit Blanchet², Yann Nguyen³, Fauzia Hollnagel⁴, Ada Clarke⁵, Michelle Petri⁶, Murray Urowitz⁷, John Hanly⁸, Caroline Gordon⁹, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁰, Juanita Romero-Diaz¹¹, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero¹², Ann Clarke¹³, Sasha Bernatsky¹⁴, Daniel Wallace¹⁵, David A. Isenberg¹⁶, Anisur Rahman¹⁶, Joan Merrill¹⁷, Paul Fortin¹⁸, Dafna D. Gladman¹⁹, Ian Bruce²⁰, Ellen Ginzler²¹, Mary Anne Dooley²², Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman²³, Susan Manzi²⁴, Andreas Jönsen²⁵, Graciela Alarcón²⁶, Ronald van Vollenhoven²⁷, Cynthia Aranow²⁸, Murat Inanc²⁹, Meghan mackay³⁰, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza³¹, S. Sam Lim³², Murat Inac³³, Kenneth Kalunian³⁴, Søren Jacobsen³⁵, Christine Peschken¹¹, Diane Kamen³⁶, Anca Askanase³⁷, Jill Buyon³⁸, Julie Chezel⁵, Alicja Puszkiel³⁹ and Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau⁴⁰, ¹University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²National Referral Centre for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP Nord, Université Paris Cité, Clichy, France, Clichy, France, ⁴University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Madison, WI, ⁵Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁹Department of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ¹¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹²Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁴Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁵Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹⁶University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, ¹⁸Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ¹⁹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁰Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, ²¹SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, NY, ²²UNC physician network, Chapel Hill, NC, ²³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²⁴Lupus Center of Excellence, Autoimmunity Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²⁵Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁶The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, CA, ²⁷Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁸Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²⁹Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³⁰Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ³¹Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain, ³²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³³Istanbul University, Istanbul, ³⁴UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³⁵Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ³⁷Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³⁸NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³⁹Cochin Hospital, Paris, ⁴⁰Inserm DR Paris ⁵, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Current guidelines recommend using hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) dose ≤5.0 mg/kg for managing SLE. However, 6-fold higher SLE flares, including those requiring hospitalizations, are noted with…
Abstract Number: 0030 • ACR Convergence 2025
Immune-related Diagnoses Associated with NOD2 Variants in Human Subjects: A Phenome-wide Association Study
John Davis¹, Elizabeth Atkinson¹, Vanessa Kronzer¹, Cynthia Crowson², Afsaneh Alavi³, John Damianos¹, Loftus Edward¹, Joseph Murray¹, Ann Moyer¹ and Filippo Pinto e Vairo¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Stewartvillle, MN, ³Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: The nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) gene is associated with risk for several inflammatory diseases, including Crohn disease, Blau syndrome, and Yao syndrome…
Abstract Number: 1638 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparison and Assessment of the All of Us Dataset for Epidemiologic Studies of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Among African American Women
Katherine Singleton¹, Sarah Smith², Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas³, L. Quinnette King², Lori Ann Ueberroth⁴, Edith Williams⁵, S. Sam Lim⁶, Bethany Wolf², Diane Kamen⁷ and Paula Ramos⁶, ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlants, GA, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ⁵University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁶Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC
Background/Purpose: Health disparities in SLE are well established, with African American women being disproportionately impacted. Despite the known associations between sociodemographic and genetic factors with…
Abstract Number: 1636 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Impact of Arthritis on Self-Management Activities of West Virginia Adults with Type 2 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dina Maruca¹, Teresa Brady², Gerald Hobbs, Jr.¹ and Ranjita Misra¹, ¹West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, ²Clarity Consulting and Communications, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: One-third of adults with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) also have arthritis. West Virginia (WV), the 3rd most rural US state, has the highest prevalence…
Abstract Number: 1471 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Multi-Institutional Cohort Study
Amir Daneshvar¹, Julia Wajsberg¹, Chelsea Guan¹, Keri Ann Pfeil¹, Elleson Harper¹, Lindsay Frumker², Meghan Gump¹ and Omer Pamuk³, ¹University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²University hospitals Cleveland medical center, Highland Heights, OH, ³University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with multisystem involvement. A rare but life-threatening hyper-inflammatory hematological complication of SLE is hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis…
Abstract Number: 1148 • ACR Convergence 2025
Interstitial Lung Disease in MCTD: A Retrospective Cohort Study at a Large Tertiary Medical Center
Alana Haussmann¹ and Elizabeth Volkmann², ¹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare autoimmune condition defined by the presence of anti-U1-ribonucleoprotein (RNP) antibodies and clinical features of at least…
Abstract Number: 1081 • ACR Convergence 2025
Insurance, Gender, and COVID-19’s Effects on Health Inequity in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 12-Year Long Population Assessment
Ramsha Riaz¹, Lifang Zhang², Andrea Berger², Hema Srinivasan², Lisa Schroeder³ and Jonida Cote⁴, ¹Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ³Geisinger, Danville, PA, ⁴Geisinger Health System, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Background/Purpose: Recognizing health care disparities in Rheumatoid Arthritis is crucial to improving outcomes. This study analyzes factors contributing to RA care inequities.Methods: We examined RA…
Abstract Number: 2659 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors for the Primary Prevention of Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Target Trial Emulation
Jamie Chieh Lo¹, Karen H. Costenbader² and Kevin Sheng-Kai Ma³, ¹National Taiwan University Hospital, Keelung, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China), ²Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Treatment with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4i) have been shown to reduce the risk of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD) in patients with type 2…
Abstract Number: 1031 • ACR Convergence 2025
Trends and Gender Disparities in Rheumatoid Arthritis Burden in the United States: A Population-Based Time-Trend Analysis Using the Global Burden of Disease Database, 1990–2021
Satani Sharkas¹, Dina Murad² and Dariush Jahandideh³, ¹Boston Medical Center - Brighton, Brighton, MA, ²Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Boston Medical Center - Brighton, Boston
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a growing public health concern in the United States, with increasing prevalence and disease burden over recent decades. This study…
Abstract Number: 2590 • ACR Convergence 2025
Translating findings on urate-metabolizing bacterial genes and urate levels at the human population level: a gut microbiome analysis of three independent cohorts of men and women
Sharan Rai¹, Natalie McCormick², Xochitl Morgan³, Matthew Nayor⁴, Robert Terkeltaub⁵, Dylan Dodd⁶, Lama Nazzal⁷, Huilin Li⁷, Gary Curhan⁸, Curtis Huttenhower³ and Hyon K. Choi⁹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, ⁴Boston University, Boston, ⁵Retired, San Diego, CA, ⁶Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷NYU Langone, New York, NY, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁹MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Approximately 21% of US adults have hyperuricemia, the causal precursor for gout. Human cells do not degrade urate (due to uricase gene inactivation). However,…
Abstract Number: 1018 • ACR Convergence 2025
Factors Associated with Mortality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus under a Universal Healthcare System: Results from the CAPTURED Study, a Population-Based Cohort in Catalonia, Spain
José Gomez-Puerta¹, Cristian Tebe², Maria Grau³, Beatriz Frade Sosa⁴, Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy⁵, Cristina Carbonell-Abella⁶, Daniel Martinez-Laguna⁷, Patricia Corzo⁸, Raimon Sanmartí⁹ and J. Antonio Aviña-Zubieta¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ²Instituto de Investigación Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ³University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud Vía Roma, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Grup de recerca en malalties prevalents de l'Aparell locomotor en Atenció Primaria (GREMPAL), ICS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁰University of British Columbia/Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The differences in lupus-related mortality reported in population studies are partly explained by racial disparities and access to healthcare. However, population-based data from universal…
Abstract Number: 1223 • ACR Convergence 2024
Community Based Study of Prevalence and Social Factors for Chronic Pain and Fibromyalgia in Women from Western India
Vidit Gupta¹, Diksha Mishra¹, Shikhar Singh¹, Vaishnavi Chowhan¹, Shraddha Thorat¹, Kavita Krishna² and Sandeep Kansurkar³, ¹Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College, Pune), Pune, Maharashtra, India, ²Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India, ³Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College, Pune, India
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is a disorder of chronic widespread pain. There is huge burden of this entity in community but there is scarcity of quality studies…
Abstract Number: 1299 • ACR Convergence 2024
Board-Style Rheumatology Teaching for Medicine Residents: Novel Approach to Curriculum Development
Merve Aksoy*, Shadi Jafari-Esfahani*, Yasaman Ahmadzadeh and Katarzyna Gilek-Seibert, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: During their training, internal medicine (IM) residents often have limited exposure to rheumatology, resulting in decreased confidence levels and inadequate scores on the In-training…
Abstract Number: 1485 • ACR Convergence 2024
Genetic Contributions to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Concordance Rates in California Twins
Rashmi Dhital¹, Jia Yin Wan², Kenneth Kalunian³ and Wendy Cozen⁴, ¹UC San Diego, Brentwood, TN, ²Samueli School of Public Health, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, ³University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴University of California Irvine, Irvine
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Twin studies in SLE have shown varying levels of concordance. This study…

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