Abstracts tagged "race/ethnicity"

Abstract Number: 0993 • ACR Convergence 2024
Pulmonary Complications and Mortality Trends in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Aged 65 and Older in the United States: A CDC WONDER Database Analysis
Muhammad Naveed¹, Rabia Iqbal¹, Kishan Patel², Ahila Ali¹, Simran Bhimani³, Bazil Azeem⁴, Yash Deshpande³, Muhammad Omer Rehan¹, Faizan Ahmed⁵, Hussain Haider Shah¹ and Nouman Shafique⁶, ¹Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, ²Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, CA, ³The Wright Center for graduate medical education, Scranton, PA, ⁴Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College Liyari, Karachi, Pakistan, ⁵Ameer-ud-Din Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan, ⁶AdventHealth Orlando, Orlando, FL
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary complications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are an important cause of mortality among older adults. This study analyzes trends and demographic disparities in mortality…
Abstract Number: 1920 • ACR Convergence 2024
Admixture Mapping and Gene-Based Analysis Identifies Rare Variants in Genes in the IL-13 and TGFβ Signaling Pathways in African Americans with Systemic Sclerosis
Jordan Hicks¹, Daniel Shriner², Ami Shah³, Maureen Mayes⁴, Ayo P. Doumatey², Amy R. Bentley¹, Robyn Domsic⁵, Thomas Medsger, Jr⁶, Paula Ramos⁷, Richard Silver⁸, Virginia Steen⁹, John Varga¹⁰, Vivien Hsu¹¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹², Dinesh Khanna¹⁰, Elena Schiopu¹³, Jessica Gordon¹⁴, Lindsey Criswell¹⁵, Heather Gladue¹⁶, Chris Derk¹⁷, Elana Bernstein¹⁸, S. Louis Bridges¹⁴, Victoria Shanmugam¹⁹, Lorinda Chung²⁰, Suzanne Kafaja²¹, Reem Jan²², Marcin Trojanowski²³, Avram Goldberg²⁴, Benjamin Korman²⁵, James W. Thomas²⁶, Elaine Remmers²⁷, Adebowale Adeyemo², Charles Rotimi², Fredrick Wigley²⁸, Francesco Boin²⁹, Daniel Kastner³⁰ and Pravitt Gourh³¹, ¹National institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Verona, PA, ⁷Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁸Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ¹⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ¹²New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Louisiana State University and Tulane University Medical Schools, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Martinez, GA, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ¹⁵Genomics of Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁶Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁹NIH Office of Autoimmune Disease Research in the Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ²⁰Stanford University, Woodside, CA, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²²Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²⁴NYU Langone Health - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Lake Success, NY, ²⁵University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²⁶NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²⁷Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²⁸Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore, MD, ²⁹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³⁰National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ³¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: There are significant racial disparities in systemic sclerosis (SSc), with an increased disease burden and worse outcomes among African American (AA) individuals. Reasons for…
Abstract Number: 0174 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Nationwide Analysis of Gender and Racial Disparities in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Acute Coronary Syndrome
Omair Khan¹, Kundan Jana², Azka Naeem², Syed Mujtaba Baqir², Marlon Rivera Boadla², Muhammad Hashim khan² and Vijay Shetty², ¹Maimonides Medical Center, Council Bluffs, IA, ²Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune condition characterized by widespread skin fibrosis and/or end-organ damage. Previous studies have reported variable outcomes of the disease…
Abstract Number: 1016 • ACR Convergence 2024
Pharmacoequity of DMARDs Among Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the U.S
Ashkan Ara¹, Matthew Chenoweth², Srikanth Kadiyala², Utibe Essien³ and Christopher Scannell³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, ²Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA, Los Angeles, ³Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: Long-term management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relies on disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), including conventional synthetic (csDMARDs), biologic (bDMARDs), and targeted synthetic (tsDMARDs). About 40%…
Abstract Number: 1921 • ACR Convergence 2024
Devastating Morbidity and Mortality Rates in the Hmong Population with a Diagnosis of Gout Who Had a COVID-19 Infection
Kari Falaas¹, Michael Schnaus², Margaret Singer³, Allison Hochstetler³, Pang Nhia Khang⁴, Katherine Schmiechen⁴ and Elie Gertner³, ¹University of Minnesota, Regions Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Regions Hospital, Methodist Hospital, Minneapolis, ³University of Minnesota, Regions Hospital, Minneapolis, ⁴Regions Hospital, Minneapolis
Background/Purpose: Hyperuricemia is associated with an elevated risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and metabolic syndromes. The Hmong population, in particular, has…
Abstract Number: 0176 • ACR Convergence 2024
Race-Based Differences in Immune Responses Following an Episode of Acute Low Back Pain Among Those Who Develop Chronic LBP and Those Who Do Not
Colleen Burke¹, Michael Brown², Rebecca Fillipo³, Stephanie Danyluk², Kelley Seebeck² and Adam Goode², ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Acute low back pain (LBP) affects over 25% of adults annually in the United States, and as many as one-third of these individuals will…
Abstract Number: 1030 • ACR Convergence 2024
Diversity in Axial Spondyloarthritis Drug Trials: Examining Enrollment by Sex, Race, Ethnicity and Geographic Region
Mathieu Choufani¹, Wissam Ghusn² and Joerg Ermann³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: While axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) was historically perceived as a "white man's disease", it is now appreciated as a condition that can affect individuals of…
Abstract Number: 1924 • ACR Convergence 2024
Racial and Gender Disparities in Psoriatic Arthritis Clinical Trials
Dania Kaur¹, Fizza Zulfiqar², Akshee Batra³ and Abhinav Vyas⁴, ¹North Alabama Medical Center, Muscle Shoals, AL, ²Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State University, Pontiac, MI, ³University of Miami, Miami, FL, ⁴Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nahville, TN
Background/Purpose: To develop effective novel treatment strategies for psoriatic arthritis that cater to patients from diverse backgrounds, it is crucial that all racial groups, without…
Abstract Number: 0180 • ACR Convergence 2024
Collaborative Solutions to Lupus Trial Challenges for Underrepresented Participant Recruitment & Engagement: Perspectives from the Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN)
Brandon Jackson¹, Maria Dall'Era², Saira Sheikh³, Xueting Zhang⁴, Taylor Irons⁵, Claire Finney⁶, Taylor Adjei⁷, Jennifer Meriwether⁷, Caroline Donovan⁸, Carla Menezes⁹ and Stacie Bell¹⁰, ¹Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, Miami, FL, ²UCSF, Corte Madera, CA, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ⁵Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, Houston, ⁶Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, New York, NY, ⁸Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, Arlington, VA, ⁹Lupus Research Alliance / Lupus Therapeutics, Brooklyn, NY, ¹⁰Lupus Therapeutics, Lakewood, CO
Background/Purpose: Racial and ethnic minority groups face higher lupus prevalence and severity and remain inadequately represented in lupus clinical trials. Lupus Therapeutics, the clinical affiliate…
Abstract Number: 1033 • ACR Convergence 2024
Osteoporosis and Cardiovascular Disease: Mortality Trends Among Adults in the United States from 1999 to 2020
Muhammad Naveed¹, Farman Ali², Ahila Ali¹, Bazil Azeem³, Faizan Ahmed⁴, Rabia Iqbal¹, Muhammad Omer Rehan¹, Nouman Shafique⁵, Syed Ishaq⁶, Aman Ullah⁷ and Sherif Eltawansy⁸, ¹Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, ²Corewell Health, Dearborn Hospital, Dearborn, MI, Dearborn, MI, ³Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College Liyari, Karachi, Pakistan, ⁴Ameer-ud-Din Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan, ⁵AdventHealth Orlando, Orlando, FL, ⁶Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, ⁷SSM Health St Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO, ⁸Jersey Shore University Medical Centre, Neptune, NJ
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) represent significant public health concerns. This study investigates the trends and demographic disparities in mortality due to osteoporosis and…
Abstract Number: 2313 • ACR Convergence 2024
Race and Ethnicity as Predictors of Diagnostic Delay in Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis
Christine Loftis¹, Liron Caplan², Joanna Padilla Zepeda³, Nicole Mukooba³, Mayan Caplan³, Meika Fang⁴, Liya Stolyar⁵, Jessica Walsh⁶, Gail Kerr⁷, Siba Raychaudhuri⁸, Andreas Reimold⁹ and Maida Wong¹⁰, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Univ of Colorado School of Medicine/Rocky Mtn Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles, ⁵Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, ⁶Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁸Veterans Affairs, Sacramento, ⁹University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, ¹⁰Veterans Affairs, Long Beach
Background/Purpose: Studies have suggested a delay between symptom onset and diagnosis for Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Factors that influence this delay have…
Abstract Number: 0183 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sensitivity of 2019 EULAR/ACR SLE Criteria and Initial Organ Manifestations for Black and Hispanic Children with Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (jSLE) at a Large Tertiary Care Center
Michelle Butts¹, Emily Beil¹, Danielle Guffey², Andrea Ramirez¹, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner³, Erin Peckham-Gregory¹ and Marietta De Guzman¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, ³Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disorder with diverse features, posing classification challenges. In 2019, EULAR and ACR developed new classification criteria to…
Abstract Number: 1073 • ACR Convergence 2024
Dashboard Utilization and Order Menu Revision Improve HLA-B*5801 Testing Prior to Allopurinol Initiation in High-Risk Patients in a Veteran-based Primary Care Setting
Catherine Vo, Chialin Nguyen, Scott Hagan, Sheida Aalami and Elizabeth Wahl, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: The 2020 ACR Guideline for the Management of Gout conditionally recommends testing for the HLA-B*5801 risk allele prior to starting allopurinol for patients of…
Abstract Number: 2388 • ACR Convergence 2024
Racial/Ethnic Variation in Multimorbidity Risk and Accrual and Comorbid Conditions Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Katrina Williamson¹, Herbert Heien², Maria Stevens², Cynthia Crowson², Rozalina McCoy² and Ali Duarte-Garcia², ¹Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been shown to have increased burden of multimorbidity. Racial disparities in multimorbidity have also been shown repeatedly.…
Abstract Number: 0711 • ACR Convergence 2023
IgA Vasculitis in a Diverse Adult Patient Population
Michelle Toker¹, Urmi Khanna¹, Roya Nazarian¹, Adhya Mehta², Bibi Ayesha¹, Anand Kumthekar¹ and Benedict Wu¹, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Immunoglobulin-A (IgA) Vasculitis (IgAV) is a small-vessel vasculitis that is primarily diagnosed based on the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) criteria. There is limited…

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