Abstracts tagged "population studies"

Abstract Number: 0638 • ACR Convergence 2020
Serological Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in Symptomatic Patients Under Biological Treatment in a Rheumatology Service
Cristobal Pavez Perales¹, Samuel Leal Rodriguez², Marta De la Rubia Navarro¹, Roxana Gonzalez Mazario¹, Elena Grau Garcia³, Cristina Alcañiz Escandell³, Inmaculada Chalmeta Verdejo¹, Jorge Juan Fragio Gil¹, Luis Gonzalez Puig⁴, Jose Ivorra Cortes¹, Isabel Martinez Cordellat¹, Rosa Negueroles Albuixech¹, Jose Eloy Oller Rodriguez¹, Francisco Miguel Ortiz Sanjuan⁵, Elvira Vicens Bernabeu² and Jose Andres Roman Ivorra¹, ¹Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department, HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Torrente ( Valencia), Spain, ⁵La Fe University Hospital, Valencia
Background/Purpose: In mid-March 2020, state of alarm was declared in Spain due to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Patients with rheumatic diseases (RD)…
Abstract Number: 0095 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systematic Evaluation of Nine Monogenic Autoinflammatory Diseases Reveals Common and Disease-Specific Correlations with Allergy-Associated Features
Moses Kitakule¹, Brian Dizon², Cristhian Gutierrez-Huerta¹, Sarah Blackstone², Aarohan Burma¹, Aran Son¹, Natalie Deuitch¹, Sofia Rosenzweig¹, Hirsh Komarow¹, Deborah Stone³, Anne Jones⁴, Michele Nehrbecky¹, Patrycja Hoffmann⁵, Tina Romeo⁶, Adriana de Jesus⁷, Sara Alehashemi⁸, Megha Garg⁹, Sofia Torreggiani¹⁰, Gina Montealegre Sanchez¹¹, Katelin R. Honer¹⁰, Karyl Barron¹, Ivona Aksentijevich⁴, Amanda Ombrello¹², Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky¹³, Daniel Kastner¹⁴, Joshua Milner¹⁵, Pamela Frischmeyer-Guerrerio¹ and Daniella Schwartz¹⁶, ¹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, ²National Institutes of Health, BETHESDA, MD, ³NIH, Bethesda, ⁴National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ⁵NIH, Vienna, VA, ⁶NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Silver Spring, MD, ⁸Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Clarksville, MD, ⁹NIH/NIAID, Rochester, NY, ¹⁰Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹¹NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, ¹²National Human Genome Research Institute/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹³Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Potomac, MD, ¹⁴National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁵Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁶National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Monogenic autoinflammatory diseases (AID) are caused by mutations in innate immune signaling genes. The effect of these mutations on the risk of allergy is…
Abstract Number: 0642 • ACR Convergence 2020
COVID-19 Infection in Rheumatologic Patients on Treatment with Targeted Therapies
Marta González Fernández¹, Orlando Pompei fernández², Joaquín María Belzunegui Otano³, Paula García Escudero¹, Claudia Stoye², Juan Ramón De Dios², Belén Álvarez Rodríguez², Elena Garmendia Sánchez¹, Susana Gil², Ana Ruibal-Escribano⁴, Margarida Vasques Rocha², Francisco García Llorente⁵, César Antonio Egües⁶, Edurne Guerrero⁷ and Jaime Calvo-Alén², ¹Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁴Hospital Alfredo Espinosa, Urduliz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Galdakao, Galdakao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁷Hospital Alto Deba, Arrasate, Pais Vasco, Spain
Background/Purpose: SARS COV 2 pandemic has been an issue which has challenged the health care systems around the world. Rheumatology has been involved in two…
Abstract Number: 0130 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Individuals with Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review
Timothy Varghese¹, Ali Ahmadi Pirshahid², Dongkeun Kim² and Yueyang Li², ¹Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada, ²Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: There is controversy regarding the relationship between osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis (OP). While OA may be associated with increased bone mineral density (BMD) due…
Abstract Number: 0657 • ACR Convergence 2020
Gout and Heart Failure in the US
Gurkipal Singh¹, Maanek Sehgal² and Alka Mithal³, ¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³ICORE, Woodside, CA
Background/Purpose: Heart failure (HF) is the eighth leading cause of death in the US, with a 38% increase in the number of deaths due to…
Abstract Number: 0308 • ACR Convergence 2020
Delay in Transition from Psoriasis to Psoriatic Arthritis: A Population Based Study
Paras Karmacharya¹, Kerry Wright², Sara J. Achenbach³, Delamo Bekele², Cynthia Crowson⁴, Alexis Ogdie⁵, Ali Duarte-Garcia², Floranne C. Ernste³, Megha M. Tollefson¹ and John Davis², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, ROCHESTER, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Rochester, MN, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous disease which may precede, occur concurrently or after the development of psoriasis. In order to better understand the…
Abstract Number: 0665 • ACR Convergence 2020
Trends in Immunomodulation/pegloticase Co-therapy from 2015-2019: A Claims Database Study
Brian LaMoreaux¹, John Botson², Megan Francis-Sedlak¹, Karl Svensson¹ and Robert Holt¹, ¹Horizon Therapeutics plc, Lake Forest, IL, ²Orthopedic Physicians Alaska, Anchorage, AK
Background/Purpose: Pegloticase, a recombinant, PEGylated uricase enzyme, is used to treat uncontrolled gout in patients who do not improve on or are intolerant of oral…
Abstract Number: 058 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Kawasaki Disease in Ontario Children from 1995-2017: A Population-based Descriptive Analysis
Cal Robinson ¹, Rahul Chanchlani ¹, Megan Schlorff ¹, Francis Lao ¹, Tapas Mondal ¹, Catherine Demers ¹, Elizabeth Darling ¹, Sandeep Brar ², Rulan Parekh ³, Hsien Seow ¹, Eric Benchimol ⁴ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ²University of California, San Fransisco, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁴University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a childhood vasculitis with rising global incidence and the most common cause of childhood acquired heart disease in the developed…
Abstract Number: 893 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Presence of Extractable Nuclear Antigens (ENA) Antibodies in a Large Population-based Cohort from the Netherlands and Their Association with Known Risk Factors for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Primary Sjögren Syndrome
Petra Yntema-Eckenhaussen ¹, Suzanne Arends ¹, Elisabeth Brouwer ², Caroline Roozendaal ³, Hendrika Bootsma ⁴, Johanna Westra ¹ and Karina de Leeuw¹, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology - University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Dept. of Laboratory Medicine - University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated that years before clinical onset of auto-immune diseases, auto-antibodies can already be present. However, it is also known that some…
Abstract Number: 2084 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Why so Fast? A Focus on Reasons for an Increase in Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation Trends, 2002-2017
Kristina Theis¹, Michael Boring ² and Ross Wilkie ³, ¹Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, ²Johnson Consulting dba Cutting Edge Technologies and Solutions, Atlanta, ³Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: “Arthritis-attributable activity limitation” (AAAL) is linked to many potentially modifiable characteristics (e.g., work disability, physical inactivity, obesity). By 2015, prevalence of AAAL among adults…
Abstract Number: 2189 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Reference Curves for the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score in the Middle-aged Dutch Population
Marieke Loef¹, Féline PB Kroon ¹, Stephan Böhringer ¹, Frits R Rosendaal ¹ and Margreet Kloppenburg ¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) questionnaire is a widely used patient-reported outcome tool, developed to evaluate short- and long-term knee symptoms…
Abstract Number: 2676 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular Treatment and the Incidence of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) – a Population-Based Case-Control Study
Aladdin Mohammad¹, Pavlos Stamatis ¹ and Aleksandra Turkiewicz ², ¹Lund University, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ²Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The aetiology of giant cell arteritis (GCA) is largely unknown. We aimed to evaluate ACE-inhibitors (ACE-i), angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), beta-blocking agents, calcium…
Abstract Number: 1588 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Cancer in Patients with Psoriasis/Psoriatic Arthritis: A Population-Based Study in the Province of British Columbia
Julia Tan¹, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta², Alyssa Dominique³, Hamid Tavakoli⁴ and Teresa A Simon³, ¹Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis (PsO) is a relapsing chronic autoimmune disease of the skin. Up to one-third of patients (pts) also develop inflammatory arthritis, known as psoriatic…
Abstract Number: 2417 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pregnancy Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematous and Pre-Systemic Lupus Erythematous: A Population-Based Cohort Study
A. Nicole Wade¹, Mary A. De Vera², Eric C. Sayre³ and J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta⁴, ¹Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The adverse effects of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) on maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancy have been explored mainly in clinic-based cohorts. However, data…
Abstract Number: 2954 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Related to Initiation of TNF Inhibitor Versus Triple Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Yinzhu Jin¹, Eun Ha Kang², Angela Tong¹, Rishi J. Desai³ and Seoyoung C. Kim^4,5, ¹Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconimics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmocoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: While efficacy of triple therapy [methotrexate (MTX), sulfasalazine (HCQ), and sulfasalazine (SSZ)] and TNF inhibitor (TNFi) plus MTX was similar in a previous clinical…

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