Abstracts tagged "race/ethnicity"

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: 0184 • ACR Convergence 2024
Improving Age Disparities in Contraceptive Counseling in Women with Lupus: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Hillary Weisleder¹, Chinenye Osuorji², Melissa Fazzari³, Ying Jin² and Bibi Ayesha², ¹Montefiore Einstein, New York, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Lupus is an autoimmune disease primarily affecting women of reproductive age. Lupus confers an increased risk of adverse maternal fetal outcomes, and pre-pregnancy planning…
Abstract Number: 1081 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of Methods for Ascertainment and Categorization of Race and Ethnicity for Clinical Research: An Umbrella Review
Teresa Semalulu¹, Melanie Anderson², Shahad Al-Matar¹, SADEEM ALFRAIH¹, Azza Eissa³, Emma Neary⁴, Fadi Kharouf⁵, Abimbola Saka³, Zayd Schafer⁶, Zahi Touma¹ and Sindhu Johnson⁷, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Institute for Education Research, Library and Information Services, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, ⁵University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶American University of Antigua, Saint John's, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Race and ethnicity are increasingly evaluated in rheumatology research due to their influence on health outcomes, yet there remains heterogeneity in their interpretation and…
Abstract Number: 2393 • ACR Convergence 2024
Demographic Differences in Trends of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus In-hospital Patient Outcomes
Joan Morny¹, Abdultawab Shaka², Terrylyna Baffoe-Bonnie³ and Hafeez Shaka⁴, ¹Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, athens, GA, ²Windor University School of Medicine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, U.S. Virgin Islands, ³Medstar Health Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Stroger Jr Hospital, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The care of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is challenging, and with the emergency of newer disease modifying medications, clinical outcomes in these…
Abstract Number: 0188 • ACR Convergence 2024
Social Support in African American Women with and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Sarah Smith¹, Chloe Mattila¹, Charmayne M. Dunlop-Thomas², Lusawasra King³, Lori Ann Ueberroth³, Edith Williams⁴, S. Sam Lim⁵, Diane Kamen³, Bethany Wolf³ and Paula Ramos³, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, ⁵Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disproportionately impacts African American women. However, this health disparity population continues to be underrepresented in research. Research suggests that social…
Abstract Number: 1143 • ACR Convergence 2024
Epidemiology and Spectrum of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Individuals of Sub-Saharan Ancestry: Data from the Tertiary Care Center of the Caribbean Island of Martinique
Benoit Suzon¹, Rachel Robert¹, Fabienne Louis-sidney², Arthur Felix¹, Illitch Coco-Viloin¹, Florence Moinet³, Rodolphe Cougnaud¹, Rémi Bellance¹, Emmanuelle Amazan¹, Emma pierrisnard¹, Moustapha Agossou¹, Christophe Deligny⁴ and Aurore Abel¹, ¹University Hospital of Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique, ²University Hospital Martinique, Fort De France, Martinique, ³University Hospital of Martinique, Fort de France, France, ⁴University Hospital of Martinique - National reference center for autoimmune disease, Internal Medicine, Fort-de-France, Martinique
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are heterogeneous systemic autoimmune diseases with a worldwide incidence ranging from 0.116 to 1.9 and a prevalence from 2.4 to…
Abstract Number: 2447 • ACR Convergence 2024
Features of Anti-Fibrillarin Positive Systemic Sclerosis Patients and Ethnic Differences: A European Multicenter Cohort
Roberto D'Alessandro¹, Stefano Rodolfi², Alix Calot¹, Louis Bébéar³, Corrado Campochiaro⁴, Veronica Codullo⁵, Francesco Del Galdo⁶, Ivan Castellvi Barranco⁷, Elisabetta Zanatta⁸, Silvia Bellando Randone⁹, Goncalo Boleto¹⁰, Loic Raffray¹¹, Emmanuel Chatelus¹², Patrice Cacoub¹³, Alexandre Le Joncour¹³, Paolo Airò¹⁴, cristiana sieiro santos¹⁵, Alain Lescoat¹⁶, Jérôme Avouac¹⁷, Christopher Denton¹⁸ and Yannick Allanore¹⁹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, Université Paris Cité, APHP, Paris, France, Paris, France, ²Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France., Bordeaux, France, ⁴IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁵Division of Rheumatology - Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy, ⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Unit of Rheumatology, Padova University, Padova, Italy, ⁹Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence Division of Rheumatology Scleroderma Unit, Careggi Hospital Florence, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal., Lisbon, Portugal, ¹¹CHU La Réunion - Competence center for autoimmune diseases, Internal Medicine, Saint-Denis, Reunion, ¹²Rheumatology department strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology France, Centre national de référence maladies Autoimmunes Systémiques rares, Centre national de référence maladies Autoinflammatoires et Amylose, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i3), Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpetrière, 75013 Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁴Scleroderma Unit, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ERN ReCONNET, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology Department, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, Leon, Spain, ¹⁶Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France, rennes, France, ¹⁷Rheumatology A Department, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹⁸University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Rheumatology department, Université Paris Cité, Cochin Hospital of Paris; France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Anti-fibrillarin (AFA) auto-antibodies are rarely found in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Beyond the ethnic association with a higher prevalence in patients of Black ethnicity, the…
Abstract Number: 0189 • ACR Convergence 2024
Racial Discrimination Among African American Women with and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Jessica Browder¹, Paula Ramos², Diane Kamen², Bethany Wolf², S. Sam Lim³, Lori Ann Ueberroth² and Lusawasra King², ¹Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Black or African American women are disproportionately affected by SLE but remain underrepresented in research studies. To further knowledge about this health disparity group,…
Abstract Number: 1285 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Impact of Race and Social Determinants of Health on Patient Reported Outcomes in Pediatric Lupus: A CARRA Registry Study
William Soulsby¹, Rebecca Olveda², Jie He³, Laura Berbert⁴, Edie Weller³, Kamil Barbour⁵, Kurt Greenlund⁵, Laura Schanberg⁶, Emily Von Scheven¹, Aimee Hersh⁷, Mary Beth Son⁸, Joyce Chang⁸ and Andrea Knight⁹, and the CARRA Registry Investigators, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Dublin, CA, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Belmont, MA, ⁵CDC, Alpharetta, GA, ⁶Duke University Medical Center, DURHAM, NC, ⁷University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Neurosciences and Mental Health, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Minoritized race and social determinants of health (SDoH) are associated with lower achievement of the low lupus disease activity state (LLDAS) and higher cumulative…
Abstract Number: 2454 • ACR Convergence 2024
Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate Trends in Systemic Sclerosis in the United States from 1999 to 2020
Ansaam Daoud¹, Loai Dweik², Muhammad Shamim³, Haseeb Chaudhary⁴ and Omer Pamuk⁵, ¹Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, Akron, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Akron General Internal Medicine, Akron, OH, ³University Hospitals/ Case Western Reserve University, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, ⁴Case Western Reserve University, Westlake, OH, ⁵University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Of all rheumatic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc) has the highest disease-specific mortality, with a higher mortality risk than the general population. North America has…
Abstract Number: 0191 • ACR Convergence 2024
Beyond the Symptoms: Exploring Cognitive Bias in Lupus Diagnosis Within Primary Care
Alyssa Howren¹, Quan Le Tran¹, Sadaf Sediqi¹, Saadiya Hawa², Eleni Linos¹, Titilola Falasinnu³, Yashaar Chaichian¹ and Julia Simard¹, ¹Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ³Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune rheumatic disease whose prognosis varies by race and sex. To understand whether the cognitive processes of…

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