Abstract Number: 1023 • ACR Convergence 2020
Epidemiology and Sociodemographic Distribution of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Among Medicaid Beneficiaries with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have multiple risk factors for upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), including heightened susceptibility to infection and glucocorticoid, NSAID and…Abstract Number: 0052 • ACR Convergence 2020
Loneliness and Social Isolation Are Important Social Determinants Among Patients from Minority Communities with Rheumatic Diseases
Background/Purpose: Loneliness and social isolation have detrimental effects on health and are associated with risk of an earlier death, depression and poor self-rated health. Few…Abstract Number: 1037 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relationship Between Air Quality and Sarcoidosis Inflammatory Activity
Background/Purpose: African Americans [AA] and minorities in the lower socioeconomic strata of Chicago are disproportionately affected by pulmonary sarcoidosis, and regularly exposed to poorer air…Abstract Number: 0056 • ACR Convergence 2020
Role of Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors in Racial Disparities in Disease Severity and Health Status of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Background/Purpose: To confront the persistent racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes in the United States, it is imperative to study cultural and socioeconomic differences…Abstract Number: 1121 • ACR Convergence 2020
Osteoarthritis in the Million Veterans Program: Integrating the Electronic Medical Record with Precision Medicine
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) had profound impacts on societal and patient-centered outcomes, including disability. As the first step to leverage the rich resource of the Million…Abstract Number: 0060 • ACR Convergence 2020
ANCA-associated Vasculitis in Caucasian and Hispanics of the Inland Empire of Southern California
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is often studied in the Caucasian population with few studies looking at the disease in other races. Disease presentation and treatment…Abstract Number: 1196 • ACR Convergence 2020
Associations of Biological Sex with Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Are Independent of Other Known Risk Factors
Background/Purpose: Extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), such as nodules and interstitial lung disease (ILD), portend poor outcomes and are more common in men than…Abstract Number: 0242 • ACR Convergence 2020
Autoantibody Profile and Ethnicity: Risk Factors for Accelerated Development of Lupus Nephritis
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease. African ancestry is associated with an increased risk of Lupus Nephritis (LN). Anti-DNA autoantibodies play…Abstract Number: 1258 • ACR Convergence 2020
Trajectory of Damage Accrual in African-American vs. Caucasian Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: African-Americans have a higher incidence/prevalence of SLE, more lupus nephritis, higher rates of end stage renal disease and higher mortality than Caucasians. The aim…Abstract Number: 0245 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Phenotype Risk Score Identifies Undiagnosed Cases in a Large Electronic Health Record
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous disease with patients often presenting with non-specific symptoms that can cause delays in diagnosis. Phenotype risk scores…Abstract Number: 1291 • ACR Convergence 2020
Depressed Symptomatology Persists over Time in the Majority of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients and Is Independent of Disease Activity
Background/Purpose: Depression is a prevalent (24-30%) and significant comorbidity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (1). As the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classifies…Abstract Number: 0250 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lupus Nephritis and Renal Outcomes in African-Americans: The Accelerating Medicines Partnership Cohort Experience
Background/Purpose: The Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) will use multi-omics modalities including single cell RNA sequencing to understand lupus nephritis with the ultimate goal to devise…Abstract Number: 1398 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Isolated Nucleolar Pattern ANA Antibody in a Systemic Sclerosis Patient Cohort
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) patients with an isolated nucleolar patterned ANA (NUC ANA) make up about 15% of the SSc population, although the specific nucleolar…Abstract Number: 0274 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Rising Incidence of Lupus Nephritis: A Population-Based Study of Four Decades
Background/Purpose: Estimating the incidence of lupus nephritis (LN) is important to understand disease burden, particularly since patients with LN have a higher morbidity and mortality…Abstract Number: 1474 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early Peak of Cardiovascular Events Occurs Equally in Caucasians and African-American SLE but Is Attributed to Different Risk Factors
Background/Purpose: The classic bimodal pattern of morbidity/mortality in SLE highlighted that cardiovascular events occurred later in the natural history of SLE (Urowitz & Gladman. J…