Abstract Number: 0045 • ACR Convergence 2020
Healthcare Practitioner Confidence Assessing Rashes in Patients of Skin of Color with Lupus
Background/Purpose: Medical education can promote bias that disproportionately affects patients of color. Patients of color with lupus are especially vulnerable as they often carry a…Abstract Number: 1017 • ACR Convergence 2020
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Risk of Preterm Birth Among Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Rheumatoid Arthritis with Varying Reference Groups
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are independently associated with preterm birth (PTB). Black women have higher risk of both ARD and…Abstract Number: 0048 • ACR Convergence 2020
Determinants of Participation in Clinical Trials Among Patients with Lupus in the United States
Background/Purpose: Patient and family participation in research is critical to improving health outcomes, and identifying factors that contribute to participation or lack of participation in…Abstract Number: 1020 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relationship Between Skin-related Quality of Life, Psychosocial Stress, and Race in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Chronic stress may trigger or exacerbate physiologic pathways that worsen individual health and wellbeing. Stress is associated with the development and progression of skin…Abstract Number: 0050 • ACR Convergence 2020
Demographic Disparities in the Medically Underserved Populations of Southern California: A Rheumatology Cohort of Cytokine Release Syndrome Patients Due to COVID-19
Background/Purpose: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led to the present coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Multiple epidemiologic reports across the country show…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…
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