Abstracts tagged "race/ethnicity"

Abstract Number: 273 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus By Income: A Nationwide Study
Ali Duarte-Garcia¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², Rozalina McCoy¹, Stephanie Schilz³, Holly Van Houten⁴, Lindsey Sangaralingham⁴, Vaidehi R. Chowdhary⁵, Shreyasee Amin⁶, Kenneth J. Warrington⁷, Eric L. Matteson⁸ and Nilay Shah⁹, ¹Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ³Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ⁶Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁷Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ⁹Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: The incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) varies significantly across patients from different racial/ethnic backgrounds, and is highest in non-Caucasian populations. In addition, poverty…
Abstract Number: 881 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Comorbidities with DAS28 Disease Status and Remission in Race/Ethnic Groups with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sharon Dowell¹, Rodolfo Perez-Alamino², Christopher J. Swearingen³, Gail S. Kerr⁴ and Yusuf Yazici⁵, ¹Internal Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC, ²Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Clínicas Pte. Dr. Nicolás Avellaneda, Tucumán, Argentina, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, Washington DC VAMC and Georgetown and Howard University, Washington, DC, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Racial/ethnic disparities in comorbidity (CM) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may confound treatment and outcomes. Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index (RDCI) is a validated tool predicting…
Abstract Number: 2803 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
48-Year Trends in Systemic Sclerosis Mortality in the United States, 1968-2015: Steady Decrease for 15 Years after 33 Years of Continuous Increase
Eric Yen, Devanshu Singh and Ram R. Singh, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: A comprehensive evaluation of long-term trends in systemic sclerosis (SSc) mortality is important to understand the influence of recent advances in SSc management and…
Abstract Number: 219 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disparities in Patients’ Expectations of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Mackenzie T. Jones¹, Elizabeth A. Cody¹, Shirin A. Dey², Jackie Szymonifka², Michael L. Parks³, Lisa A. Mandl⁴, Susan M. Goodman⁵ and Scott J. Ellis⁶, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁵Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: A previous study examining patients’ expectations of elective foot and ankle surgery found that race is significantly associated with expectations. In this study, using…
Abstract Number: 117 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors and Dmards Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Adegbenga Bankole, Rheumatology, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder affecting millions of Americans with societal costs estimated in the billions. With the expansion in…
Abstract Number: 1252 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Socioeconomic Status and Not Race Associated with Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rodolfo Perez-Alamino¹, Sharon Dowell², Gail S. Kerr³, Christopher Swearingen⁴, Yusuf Yazici⁵, Luis Espinoza⁶, Ignacio Garcia- Valladares⁷, Yvonne Sherrer⁸, Edward L. Treadwell⁹, Angelia Mosley-Williams¹⁰, Theresa Lawrence Ford¹¹, Akgun Ince¹², Mercedes Quinones², Jorge Flautero Arcos¹³ and Arielle Mcdonald¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Avellaneda, Tucuman, Argentina, Tucuman, Argentina, ²Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ³Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown University Hospital, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁴Pediatrics & Biostatistics, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, ⁵Rheumatology, New York University Medical Center, La Jolla, CA, ⁶Medicine-Section of Rheumatology, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁷CIB, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁸Rheum/Immunology, Arthritis Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, ⁹Dept Medicine Div of Rheum, E Carolina Univ Sch of Med, Greenville, NC, ¹⁰John Dingell VAMC, Detroit, MI, ¹¹North Georgia Rheumatology Group, PC, Lawrenceville, GA, ¹²Arthitis Consultants Inc, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ¹³Rheumatology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ¹⁴Howard University, Washington, DC, DC
Socioeconomic Status and Not Race Associated with Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Background/Purpose: Ethnic disparities in outcomes of RA patients have been…
Abstract Number: 1469 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Coronary Territories Are Not Affected in Mexican Mestizo Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Comparison to Matched Controls: Evaluation Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado¹, Iris J. Colunga-Pedraza^2,3,4, Jose Ramon Azpiri-Lopez⁵, Adrian Martinez-Moreno⁶, Rosa I. Arvizu-Rivera², Raymundo Vera-Pineda⁷, Alberto Cardenas-de La Garza³, Mario Alberto Garza-Elizondo⁸, Mario Alberto Benavides-González⁶, Miguel A. Ramos-Guzman⁶, Luis E. Gonzalez-Carrillo⁶ and Filiberto Hervert-Cavazos⁶, ¹Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario, UANL., Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Departamento de Medicina Interna del Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Servicio de Reumatología, Departamento de Medicina Interna del Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁵Cardiology, Hospital Universitario, UANL., Monterrey, Mexico, ⁶Cardiology, Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁷Cardiology., Hospital Universitario, UANL., Monterrey, Mexico, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario UANL., Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
Background/Purpose: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (TSE) assess local and…
Abstract Number: 2688 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Socioeconomic Status, Ethnicity/Race, and Autoantibody Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mercedes Quinones¹, Sharon Dowell¹, Gail S. Kerr², Christopher Swearingen³, Yusuf Yazici⁴, Luis Espinoza⁵, Ignacio Garcia-Valladares⁶, Edward L. Treadwell⁷, Theresa Lawrence Ford⁸, Yvonne Scherrer⁹, Angelia Mosley-WIlliams¹⁰, Rodolfo Perez Alamino¹¹, Akgun Ince¹², John Amatruda¹³ and Jorge Flautero Arcos¹⁴, ¹Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ²Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown University Hospital, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ³Pediatrics & Biostatistics, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Medicine-Section of Rheumatology, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁶Immunology & Rheumatology, Hospital General de Occidente, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, ⁷Dept Medicine Div of Rheum, E Carolina Univ Sch of Med, Greenville, NC, ⁸North Georgia Rheumatology Group, PC, Lawrenceville, GA, ⁹Center for Rheumatology & Immunology Arthritis, Fort Lauderdale, FL, ¹⁰John Dingell VAMC, Detroit, MI, ¹¹Rheumatology, Lousiana State University and LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ¹²Arthitis Consultants Inc, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ¹³Rheumatology, Howard University, Washington, DC, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Ethnic disparities in outcomes of RA patients have been attributed to delayed presentation to specialty care and access to DMARDs, greater disease burden, and…
Abstract Number: 2841 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identifying Novel Lupus Severity Risk Variants through Identification of Alleles with High Ethnic Variability Worldwide
Belinda A. Waltman¹, Kimberly E. Taylor², Julio Molineros³, Sarah French⁴, Joanne Nitiham¹, Jennifer Kelly³, Adam Adler⁵, Judith A. James³, Swapan Nath⁶, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme^3,7 and Lindsey A. Criswell¹, ¹Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Rosalind Russell / Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, San Francisco, CA, ²Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Rosalind Russell / Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, San Francisco, CA, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Rosalind Russell / Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷GENYO. Center for Genomics and Oncological Research, Granada, Spain
Background/Purpose: Substantial epidemiologic evidence demonstrates that SLE disproportionately affects minority patients in terms of incidence, prevalence, and disease severity. European ancestry has been associated with…
Abstract Number: 2051 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modification of Effects of Household Income and Homeownership By Block Group Poverty on Health Outcomes in a Cohort of African Americans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rebecca J. Cleveland¹, Jennifer Smith², Antoine A. Baldassari¹, Beth L. Jonas³, Doyt L. Conn⁴, Larry W. Moreland⁵, S. Louis Bridges Jr.⁶ and Leigh F. Callahan⁷, ¹Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Heritage College of Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, ³Thurston Arthritis Research Ct, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Rheumatology, Emory Univ School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Thurston Arthritis Res Ctr, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose We previously found that household income less than $30k/yr and not owning a home influenced rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease severity measures. We sought to…
Abstract Number: 972 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Racial, Gender and Geographic Differences in Systemic Lupus Erythematous and Lupus Nephritis Mortality Rates in the Unites States, 1968-2010
Eric Y Yen¹, Magda Shaheen², Jennifer MP Woo³, Deborah K. McCurdy⁴ and Ram Raj Singh⁵, ¹Pediatrics/Rheumatology, UCLA Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCLA Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, UCLA Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Medicine, UCLA Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA
Title: Racial, Gender and Geographic Differences in Systemic Lupus Erythematous and Lupus Nephritis Mortality Rates in the Unites States, 1968-2010Background/Purpose: Many epidemiologic studies of systemic…
Abstract Number: 734 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lower Socioeconomic Status, Male Gender and Diffuse Scleroderma Are Associated with Worse Survival in the Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition of Outcomes in Scleroderma Cohort
Jessica K. Gordon¹, Wei Zhang², Lorinda Chung³, Yan Ma⁴, Virginia D. Steen⁵ and PHAROS Investigators, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Healthcare Research Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Research - Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose Lower socioeconomic status (SES) and male gender have been associated with worse survival in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition…
Abstract Number: 382 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Biased Risk Perception Explain the Underuse of Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs?
Richard W. Martin¹, Andrew J. Head², James D. Birmingham³ and Aaron T. Eggebeen¹, ¹Medicine, Rheumatology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, ²Medicine, Rheumatology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, ³Medicine & Pediatrics, Rheumatology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: The prescription of a Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs (DMARD) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered a standard of effective care. However a…
Abstract Number: 697 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Demographic, Clinical, Serologic and Socioeconomic Measures Each Predict Mortality in Scleroderma
Allan C. Gelber¹, Rebecca L. Manno², Adrianne Woods¹, Ami A. Shah³, Francesco Boin³, Laura K. Hummers³ and Fredrick M. Wigley³, ¹Medicine/ Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Multivariate Model 1 Adjusted RR 95%CI Multivariate Model 2 Adjusted RR 95%CI Male vs Female 1.4 1.1 – 1.9 Male vs Female 1,4…