Abstracts tagged "Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and stress"

Abstract Number: 1509 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Associations between Perceived Stress and Joint Signs in an Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Positive at-Risk Population
Kristen J. Polinski¹, Elizabeth A. Bemis¹, M. Kristen Demoruelle², Marie L. Feser², LauraKay Moss², Jennifer Seifert², V. Michael Holers³, Kevin D. Deane² and Jill M. Norris¹, ¹Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Psychosocial factors have been associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) outcomes, but have not been well characterized in the early development of RA. We examined…
Abstract Number: 1363 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psychosocial Comorbidities Are Independently Associated with Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ying Liu¹, Moyses Szklo², Karina Davidson³, Joan Bathon⁴ and Jon Giles³, ¹Internal Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and subclinical atherosclerosis as well as psychosocial comorbidities, which themselves are associated…
Abstract Number: 2402 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Between Life Events and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Results From The EIRA Case Control Study
Annmarie Wesley¹, Camilla Camilla Bengtsson¹, Marie Holmqvist², Töres Theorell³, Saedis Saevarsdottir⁴, Eva Skillgate¹, Lars Klareskog⁵, Lars Alfredsson⁶ and Sara Wedrén⁷, ¹Institute of Enviornmental Medicine, Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Dept. of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Institute of Enviornmental Medicine/Cardiovascular epidemiology, Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Rheumatology unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The association between life events and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has previously been studied with contradicting results. No previous study have investigated the impact of…
Abstract Number: 1218 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic Markers of Functional Stress Response in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Olga Malysheva and Christoph G. Baerwald, Rheumatology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
Background/Purpose: Stress is recognized as an important risk factor in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, it is still incompletely understood how the stress…
Abstract Number: 1238 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Stress On Clinical Presentation of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yun A. Kim¹, Jane E. Salmon², Juan Xiong³, Boulos Haraoui⁴, Carol A. Hitchon⁵, Edward Keystone⁶, Janet E. Pope⁷, Diane Tin⁸, J. Carter Thorne⁹, Gilles Boire¹⁰, Vivian P. Bykerk² and CATCH¹¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery (and Kwangju Christian Hospital, Gwangju, Korea), New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Medicine, Divsion of Rheumatology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁸The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ¹¹Toronto
Background/Purpose: Stress is related to pathogenesis and progression of inflammatory autoimmune disorders. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of patient (pt)…