Abstracts tagged "race/ethnicity"

Abstract Number: 2120 • ACR Convergence 2025
Analyzing Gender and Racial Disparities in Paget’s Disease of Bone: A Large-Scale Observational Study
Kinga Grzybowski¹, Ahmer Khan² and Arthur Lau³, ¹Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Maspeth, NY, ²Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, Philadelphia, ³Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Maple Glen, PA
Background/Purpose: Osteitis deformans, commonly referred to as Paget’s Disease of the Bone (PDB), affects adults over the age of 55, mainly of European descent and…
Abstract Number: 1074 • ACR Convergence 2025
Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular, Ocular, and Treatment Outcomes in US Patients with Behçet’s Disease: A Propensity-Matched Real-World Analysis
Michael Hamilton¹, Justin Riley Lam², Emmanuel Otabor³, Laith Alomari³, Maxim Barnett³, Shahrzad Abdollahi² and Irene Tan⁴, ¹Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ³Jefferson Einstein Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia - Jefferson Health, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Background/Purpose: Racial/ethnic disparities in Behçet’s disease (BD) outcomes are largely undocumented in the United States. Given known differences in disease expression across populations globally, we…
Abstract Number: 2088 • ACR Convergence 2025
Aging Unevenly: National Trends and Inequities in Osteoarthritis Mortality, 1999–2020
Ghassan Makhoul¹, Aziz-ur-Rahman Khalid², Hasan Munshi¹, Islam Rajab¹, MD Walid Akram Hussain¹, Reshma John¹, Elvira Assaf¹, Amer Al Badawy¹, Barbare Khatiashvili¹, Rouba Isshak¹, Nargis Mateen³ and Robert Lahita⁴, ¹St. Josephs University Medical Center, Paterson, ²St. Joseph's University Medical Center, wayne, ³St. Josephs University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, ⁴St. Josephs University Medical Center, Wayne, NJ
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability and pain in older adults. While not traditionally viewed as fatal, OA contributes significantly to morbidity…
Abstract Number: 1073 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of a Culturally-Tailored Storytelling Intervention to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Black and Latinx Patients with Autoimmune and Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
Maria I. ("Maio") Danila¹, Lesley Jackson², Stephanie Ford³, Mary Wilkenson³, Tiffany Alexander⁴, Jeroan Allison⁵, Candace Feldman⁶, Fred Jenoure⁷, Jonathan Kay⁵, Stephenie Lemon⁸, Kenneth Saag⁹, Karen Salomon¹⁰ and Shilpa Venkatachalam¹¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³UAB Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Community Investigator- AL, Birmingham, AL, ⁵UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Community Investigator- MA, Worcester, MA, ⁸³. Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, Worcester, MA, ⁹The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA, ¹¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Black and Latinx individuals with autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) face disproportionately higher risks of severe COVID-19 outcomes. Despite this elevated risk, vaccine…
Abstract Number: 2024 • ACR Convergence 2025
Racial Disparities in Outcomes Among Patients With Neuromyelitis Optica: A Global Population-Based Study
Chukwuemelie Okeke¹, Justin Riley Lam², Queeneth Edwards³ and Ufuoma Mamoh⁴, ¹Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ²Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, ⁴Medstar Health Georgetown University Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a rare, chronic, immune-mediated, demyelinating disorder predominantly affecting the optic nerve and spinal cord. Despite increasing awareness, racial disparities in…
Abstract Number: 1067 • ACR Convergence 2025
Investigating Barriers to Care through Childhood Opportunity, Social Vulnerability, Area Deprivation, and Distance to Care in Pediatric Localized Scleroderma
Karen Lin¹, Yuhan Ma¹, Simrat Morris² and Kristina Ciaglia³, ¹Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center and Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, ³UT Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, and Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Delays in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric localized scleroderma (LS) are common due to the under-recognition at initial presentation. While previous studies on pediatric…
Abstract Number: 1966 • ACR Convergence 2025
Assessing the Impact of Cutaneous Melanin on Microvascular Oxygenation Measurement in Systemic Sclerosis Using Multispectral Imaging
Rosie Barnes¹, Joanne Manning², Graham Dinsdale³, Ariane Herrick⁴, Mark Dickinson⁵ and Andrea Murray⁶, ¹University of Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ²Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, ³Northern Care Alliance, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁴The University of Manchester, UK, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ⁵The University of Manchester, Manchester, ⁶University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Microvascular abnormalities, leading to hypoxia, drive the SSc disease process. Accurate measurement of skin oxygenation, both baseline and during ‘stress’/reperfusion (which can be mimicked…
Abstract Number: 1063 • ACR Convergence 2025
Gender, Racial, and Geographic Trends in Mortality from Interstitial Lung Diseases Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in the U.S. Population, 1999–2020
Farheen Malik¹, Jawad Ahmed², Mandar Shah¹, Ritika Uttam³ and Muhammad Fahimuddin¹, ¹Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, NY, ²Northwest Health Porter, Valpraiso, IN, ³Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease affecting up to 1.0% of the US population. RA is most commonly associated with synovial inflammation…
Abstract Number: 1952 • ACR Convergence 2025
Dermatoscopy Limitation and the Critical Role of Capillaroscopy in Systemic Sclerosis and Raynaud’s Phenomenon among African American Veterans
Genessis Maldonado¹, Maurizio Cutolo², Tracy Frech¹, Mislav Radic³, Marcus Snow⁴ and Vanessa Smith⁵, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ³University Hospital Split, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Split, Croatia, Split, Croatia, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) is an essential tool for evaluating microvascular abnormalities in patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) in United States (U.S.) Veterans (1). While…
Abstract Number: 1064 • ACR Convergence 2025
Characterization of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Indigenous North American Children enrolled in a North American registry
Hayley M Lynch¹, Jordan E. Roberts¹ and James N. Jarvis², ¹Seattle Children's Hospital/UW, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington Center for Indigenous Health, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Several studies detail a higher prevalence and severity of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in Indigenous North American (INA) children compared to the general population.…
Abstract Number: 1850 • ACR Convergence 2025
First American SLE patients demonstrate enhanced lipid metabolism and B cell activation by high-content proteomic analyses
Rufei Lu¹, Tayte Stephens², Carla Guthridge¹, Miles Smith¹, Joseph Kheir¹, Cristina Arriens¹, Joan Merrill³, Marci Beel⁴, Susan Macwana¹, Wade DeJager⁵, Nicholas Domingez¹, Teresa Aberle¹, Joel Guthridge¹ and Judith James¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City ⁷³¹⁰⁴, OK, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foun, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are autoimmune diseases with overlapping yet distinct immunopathologies. Proteomic profiling of soluble plasma factors can reveal…
Abstract Number: 1061 • ACR Convergence 2025
Screening for Hepatitis B in a Veterans Health Administration Subpopulation with Rheumatological Disease Prior to Initiating Immunosuppressive Therapy: a retrospective study on testing and treatment within the Black American population from the VAMC in Memphis, TN
Daniel Austin¹, Beenish Zulfiqar², Akhil Adla¹, Jeffrey Zuber² and Joshua Sullivan³, ¹University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ²University of Tennessee Health Science Center & Lt. Col. Luke J. Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, Memphis, TN, ³Lt. Col. Luke J. Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, Memphis, TN
Background/Purpose: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening is insufficiently completed prior to initiation of immunosuppressive therapy nationwide. Various factors including alert fatigue, provider mistakes, non-compliance, and…
Abstract Number: 1795 • ACR Convergence 2025
Trends and Disparities in Osteoarthritis-Related Mortality in the United States: A 21-Year Analysis (1999-2020)
muzamil Khan¹, Swetha Balaji², Ayesha Cheema³, Wajdan Ahmad³, Dhruv gandhi⁴ and Steven Golombek⁵, ¹George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington D.C, ²New York Medical College at St. Mary's General Hospital and St. Clare's Health, Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ, ³Al Tibri Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, ⁴St. Francis Medical Center, Monroe, ⁵NYMC at St. Mary's General Hospital and St. Clare's Health, Dover
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis/arthrosis is an aging-related disease which is associated with significant morbidity in the United States. However, epidemiological data regarding osteoarthritis-associated mortality in the United…
Abstract Number: 1012 • ACR Convergence 2025
Racial and Gender Disparities in Gout Clinical Trials
Fizza Zulfiqar¹, Dania Kaur², Meaghan Bethea³, Taylor Spencer⁴, Samhitha Bitla⁵, Abhinav Vyas⁶ and Camelia Arsene⁷, ¹Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State University, Pontiac, MI, ²North Alabama Medical Center, Muscle Shoals, AL, ³Trinity Health Oakland Hopsital, Pontiac, MI, ⁴Trinity Health Oaklnd Hospital, Pontiac, MI, ⁵Trinity Health Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, MI, ⁶Vanderbilt University, Nashvile, TN, ⁷Trinity Health Oakland Hospital, Pontiac
Background/Purpose: To develop effective novel treatment strategies for Gout disease that cater to patients from diverse backgrounds, it is crucial that all racial groups, without…
Abstract Number: 1707 • ACR Convergence 2025
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Kidney Transplant Outcomes Among Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): A 20-Year Analysis Spanning Before and After the 2014 Kidney Allocation System Revision
Soziema Salia¹, Boniface Mensah², Ufuoma Mamoh¹, Gilava Hedayati¹, Terrylyna Baffoe-Bonnie³, Joan Morny⁴ and Christhopher Haas³, ¹MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Internal Medicine Program, Baltimore, MD, ²MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Internal Medicine Program, Baltimore, CA, ³MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Internal Medicine Program, Baltimore, ⁴Piedmont Athens Regional Internal Medicine Residency Program, Athens, GA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a leading cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in young women, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities. Kidney transplantation…

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