Abstracts tagged "population studies"

Abstract Number: 0254 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparative Outcomes in MAGIC Syndrome versus Relapsing Polychondritis Alone: A Propensity-Matched Analysis
Justin Riley Lam¹, Emmanuel Otabor², Laith Alomari², Michael Hamilton², Maxim Barnett², Shahrzad Abdollahi³ and Irene Tan⁴, ¹Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ²Jefferson Einstein Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia - Jefferson Health, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Background/Purpose: MAGIC syndrome, a rare overlap of relapsing polychondritis (RP) and Behçet’s disease manifestations, remains poorly characterized compared to isolated RP. Behçet’s-associated features such as…
Abstract Number: 2047 • ACR Convergence 2025
Trends in Lung Transplant Listing Outcomes in Connective Tissue Disease associated Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD) Across Two Decades
Sambhawana Bhandari¹, Derek E. Byers¹ and Deepali Sen², ¹Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, ²Washington University in St Louis, Chesterfield, MO
Background/Purpose: Lung transplantation represents a potential life-extending therapy for patients with advanced CTD-ILD. This study aims to characterize lung transplant listing outcomes among CTD-ILD patients…
Abstract Number: 0177 • ACR Convergence 2025
Artificial intelligence in adult and paediatric rheumatology practice and research: pilot results from an international survey
Ana Isabel Rebollo-Gimenez¹, Saverio La bella², Krystel Aouad³, Latika Gupta⁴, Davide Cangelosi⁵, Thomas Högle⁶, Johannes Knitza⁷, Nicolino Ruperto⁸, Vincenzo Venerito⁹, Abdellah El Maghraoui¹⁰, Alessandra Alongi¹¹, Wilson bautista molano¹², Deniz Bayraktar¹³, Thomas Davergne¹⁴, Dzifa Dey¹⁵, Ihsane Hmamouchi¹⁶, Alison Hoens¹⁷, Linda Li¹⁷, Angela Migowa¹⁸, Erin Treemarcki¹⁹, Nelly Ziade²⁰, Tue Kragstrup²¹ and Diego Benavent²², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Gregorio Marañon Health Research Institute, Madrid, Spain, ²UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ³Department of Rheumatology, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁴School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham; Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester; Francis Crick Institute, London, Birmingham, UK, United Kingdom, ⁵Unità di Bioinformatica Clinica, Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁷Institute for Digital Medicine, University Hospital Gießen-Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, ⁸Université Milano Bicocca and Fondazione IRCSS S. Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Monza and Brianza, Italy, ⁹Univeristy of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy, Bari, Bari, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco, ¹¹Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, MILAN, Italy, ¹²University Hospital Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia, ¹³Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University. Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia., Izmir, Turkey, ¹⁴Department of rehabilitation.Team METHODS, CRESS UMR ¹¹⁵³ – University of Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹⁵Rheumatology Unit Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle bu Teaching Hospital, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana, ¹⁶Health Sciences Research Center (CReSS).Faculty of Medicine, International University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco, ¹⁷Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁸Aga Khan University Medical College East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, ¹⁹Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Saint-Joseph University and Hotel-Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon, ²¹Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University & Rheumatology Sector, Medical Diagnostic Center, Silkeborg Regional Hospital, Silkeborg, Aarhus C, Denmark, ²²Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming rheumatology care, with innovative tools now empowering physicians and health professionals (HPRs). Our survey examines how adult and pediatric…
Abstract Number: 1900 • ACR Convergence 2025
Capturing Patient Cohorts: A Temporal Arteritis Classifier
Megan Sullivan¹, Joseph Rosen¹, Christopher Grilli¹, Kenneth Warrington² and Victor E Ortega¹, ¹Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic, ROCHESTER, MN
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a granulomatous vasculitis affecting cranial and large arteries in individuals over 50 years of age. Its relative rarity poses…
Abstract Number: 0172 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cancer Screening for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Scoping Review
Teresa Xiao¹, Namrata Singh² and Pankti Reid³, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ³University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: There is minimal guidance on specific cancer screening practices for rheumatic diseases (RDs) other than for myositis. The aim of this scoping review was…
Abstract Number: 1894 • ACR Convergence 2025
Opioid Use Disorder Among Patients with Rheumatic Conditions in the All of Us Research Program: A Descriptive Analysis
Jacob Riegler¹, Leah Santacroce², Karen H. Costenbader³ and Candace Feldman⁴, ¹Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Somerville, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston
Background/Purpose: Opioid use disorder (OUD) is associated with high morbidity and mortality and in the U.S. in 2022, resulted in over 81,000 overdose deaths.1 However,…
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: 0161 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cross Country Burden of Osteoarthritis in Latin America and Caribbean from 1990-2021: A Comparative and Consistent Benchmarking Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2022
malay rathod¹, Eva Kalra², Rafael Sanchez-Dopazo,³, Janmay Vala⁴, Saif Syed⁵, Akhilesh Sharma⁶, Ashwinikumar Shandilya⁷, Asmita Gera⁸, Mohit Lakkimsetti⁹, Juhi Patel¹⁰, VISHRANT AMIN¹¹ and Hardik Desai¹², ¹Monmouth Medical Center, Rutgers University, Ewing, NJ, ²Trident Medical Cente, Charleston, SC, ³Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus, Hialeah, FL, ⁴Terna Medical College, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, ⁵Royal college of Surgeons,Dublin,Ireland, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bhatinda, India, ⁷Rural Medical college. Pravara institute of medical sciences., Ahmednagar, India, ⁸Tianjin medical University, Tianjin, China, Tianjin, Tianjin, China (People's Republic), ⁹Mamata Medical College,Khammam, Khammam, Telangana, India, ¹⁰GMERS MEDICAL COLLEGE VALSAD, 382330, Gujarat, India, ¹¹GMERS MEDICAL COLLEGE VALSAD, Ahmedabad, India, ¹²Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhuj, India
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) poses a significant and escalating health challenge across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), driven by demographic shifts, lifestyle factors, and varying…
Abstract Number: 2520 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence and Incidence of Giant Cell Arteritis Among Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries: United States, 2014–2019
Peter Merkel¹, Yi Peng², Patrick Zueger², Clara Ziadeh³, Ana B. Romero⁴, Richard Thielen³ and Denise Kruzikas³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL, ³AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie, North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculitis affecting individuals aged ≥50 years. Over 80% of patients with GCA are aged ≥70 years, reflecting a…
Abstract Number: 0365 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patients’ Behaviors and Beliefs Around Dietary Changes Among a Cohort of Patients with Rheumatic Disease
Aaron Stubbs, Deeba Minhas, Anne Arewasikporn and Andrew Schrepf, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Dietary interventions may help manage inflammation and are considered for adjunctive treatment of rheumatic diseases. Our study aimed to explore patients' behaviors and beliefs…

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