Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and tobacco use"

Abstract Number: 514 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular Risk Management in Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis: What Can We Do Better?
Matthew McElwee¹, Peter Boersma², Hiba Hashmi³ and Anna K. Shmagel¹, ¹Division of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: The increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been well established. While the reasons for an increased risk of CVD…
Abstract Number: 467 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Smoking and Opioid Use Is Associated with Symptom Severity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Angela Karellis^1,2, Emmanouil Rampakakis³, John S. Sampalis^1,4, Martin Cohen⁵, Michael Starr⁵, Peter Ste-Marie⁶, Yoram Shir⁶, Mark Ware⁶ and MaryAnn FitzCharles^6,7, ¹JSS Medical Research, St-Laurent, QC, Canada, ²Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Smoking and Opioid Use Is Associated with Symptom Severity in Rheumatoid ArthritisBackground/Purpose: Cigarette smoking, both current and past, is a risk for incident rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1370 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher Disease Activity in Current Smokers with Established RA: Is It Disease, Damage or Disability?
Emily Keeler¹, Danielle Feger², Nancy J. Olsen¹ and Rayford R. June³, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, ³Rheumatology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: Smoking is an important environmental risk factor for development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Smoking has been linked to lower rates of disease remission, incomplete…
Abstract Number: 1383 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IMPACT of Smoking in the Expression of Periodontitis and Anticitrullinated Protein Antibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jerián González Febles¹, Jorge Luis Garnier Rodríguez², Fernando Sánchez-Alonso³, Sagrario Bustabad⁴, Federico Díaz-González⁵, Mariano Sanz Alonso¹ and Beatriz Rodriguez Lozano⁶, ¹Periodontology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Odontology, Dental Clinic Garnier, S/C Tenerife, Spain, ³Unidad de Investigación, Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, ⁵Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital de Canarias, S/C Tenerife, Spain
Background/Purpose: Environmental, genetic and epigenetic factors can induce citrullination of structural peptides by the enzyme PAD, which induce anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) preceding RA. Among…
Abstract Number: 420 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Feasibility of a Rheumatology Staff Protocol for Tobacco Cessation Counselling and Quit Line Electronic Referral
Christie M. Bartels¹, Daniel Panyard², Diane Lauver³, Emmanuel Sampene⁴, Zhanhai Li⁵, Robert Adsit⁶, Patrick McBride⁷, Heather Johnson⁷, Kristin Steffen Lewicki⁸ and Edmond Ramly⁹, ¹Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Population Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI, ⁴Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, Madison, WI, ⁷Cardiology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁹Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Smoking is a both a risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and a predictor of severe, treatment-refractory disease in RA and other rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 488 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exploring the Association Between Air Pollutant Exposure and Seropositivity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Asha Mariam Alex^1,2, Gary A. Kunkel³, Jorge Flautero Arcos⁴, Richard Amdur⁵ and Gail S. Kerr⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, ²Rheumatology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ³Division of Rheumatology, George Wahlen VA Medical Center/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Rheumatology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁵Lead Biostatistician, Medical Faculty Associates Clinical Professor, Dept. of Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, ⁶Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown University Hospital, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: The etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is multi-factorial, with expression of HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE), smoking and socioeconomic status (SES) exerting influence. Prior studies…
Abstract Number: 1546 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is the Impact of Smoking on the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression: A Systematic Review of the Risk Factor Paradox
Sharan K. Rai¹, Natalie McCormick², Uyen Sa D.T. Nguyen³, Yuqing Zhang⁴, Jeffrey A. Sparks⁵, Elizabeth W. Karlson⁶ and Hyon K. Choi⁷, ¹Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Clinical Epidemilogy and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Rheumatology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that leads to progressive joint deformity, destruction, and disability. While smoking is recognized as a strong…
Abstract Number: 2018 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sodium Chloride Consumption, Together with Smoking, Is Associated with ACPA Positivity
Xia Jiang¹, Björn Sundström², Lars Alfredsson³, Lars Klareskog⁴, Solbritt Rantapaa-Dahlqvist⁵ and Camilla Bengtsson⁶, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²2. Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ³Unit of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Enviornmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/ Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁶The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Increased salt concentration enhances the production of TH17 cells, which are highly proinflammatory and are pivotal in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis.1, 2 A population-based…
Abstract Number: 2631 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatologists More Likely to Perform Tobacco Cessation Counselling in Uncontrolled Rheumatoid Arthritis Visits
Andrew Vreede¹, Katya Voelker², Joanna Wong³ and Christie M. Bartels⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ³Tufts School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Tobacco use is a risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and a predictor of more severe disease and heightened cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.…
Abstract Number: 2888 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Amount of Smoking, Duration of Smoking Cessation, and Their Interaction with Silica Exposure in the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the Swedish Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Study
Xia Jiang¹, Camilla Bengtsson², Henrik Källberg³, Lars Klareskog⁴ and Lars Alfredsson², ¹Nobels vag13, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose Exposure to silica is a well-defined inhalation exposure, and is known to be associated with moderately increased rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk, with the effect…
Abstract Number: 453 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In a Periodontal Disease Cohort without RA, Indeterminate or Low-Positive Anti-CCP-2 Antibodies Are Associated with Multiple Distinct ACPA
Jerry A. Molitor¹, Bryan S. Michalowicz², Ryan T. Demmer³, Jane H. Buckner⁴, Mark H. Wener⁵ and William H. Robinson⁶, ¹Rheumatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Department of Developmental and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, MN, ³Epidemiology, Columbia Univ. Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, ⁴Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁵Rheumatology & Lab Med, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Periodontal disease (PD) and RA share the risk factors HLA DR B1 shared epitope (SE) and tobacco exposure (TE). PD may represent a risk…
Abstract Number: 1875 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Dense Mapping Of Human Leukocyte Antigen Region For Study Of Interaction With Smoking In The Development Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Xia Jiang¹, Henrik Källberg¹, Lisbeth Ärlestig², Solbritt M. Rantapää-Dahlqvist³, Lars Klareskog⁴, Leonid Padyukov⁵ and Lars Alfredsson⁶, ¹Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ³Department for Public Health and Clinical Medicine/ Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is believed to have a multifactorial etiology, involving both genetic and environmental components, and can be divided into two major subsets…
Abstract Number: 1313 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tobacco Exposure Is Associated With Radiographic Damage In Hispanic and African American Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Rodolfo Perez Alamino¹, Luis R. Espinoza², Gail S. Kerr³, Christopher Swearingen⁴, Chunqiao Luo⁵, Yusuf Yazici⁶, Yvonne R. S. Sherrer⁷, Edward L. Treadwell⁸, Angelia D. Mosley-Williams⁹, Sharon Dowell¹⁰, Ignacio Garcia-Valladares¹¹, Theresa Lawrence-Ford¹², Adrian Godoy¹⁰, Akgun Ince¹³ and Cindy Flower¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Lousiana State University and LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Medicine-Section of Rheum, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ³Rheumatology, Washington DC VAMC and Georgetown University and Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁴Pediatrics and Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ⁶New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ⁷Rheum/Immunology, Centre Rheum Immunol Arthritis, Fort Lauderdale, FL, ⁸Dept Medicine Div of Rheum, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, ⁹John Dingell VAMC, Detroit, MI, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Howard University, Washington, DC, ¹¹Rheumatology, Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, ¹²North Georgia Rheumatology Group, PC, Lawrenceville, GA, ¹³Arthitis Consultants Inc, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ¹⁴Medicine, University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados
Background/Purpose: Although the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unknown, there are reported interactions of genetic and environmental factors. Tobacco exposure is a well-documented risk…
Abstract Number: 2141 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Cigarette Smoking On EARLY Arthritis (CONAART)
Maria Haye Salinas¹, Ana C. Alvarez¹, Rafael Chaparro del Moral², Mariana Benegas², Christian A. Waimann³, Rodolfo Perez Alamino⁴, Rodrigo Garcia Salinas⁵, Ana Lucía Barbaglia⁶, Veronica Bellomio⁷, Josefina Marcos⁸, Adrian Salas⁹, Cristian Quiroz¹⁰, Federico Ceccato¹¹, Sergio Paira¹¹, Dora Lia Vazquez¹², Gabriela Salvatierra¹³, M. Crespo¹⁴, Edson Javier Velozo¹⁵, Oscar L. Rillo¹⁶, Enrique Soriano¹⁷, Antonio Catalan Pellet⁵, Alberto Berman Sr.¹⁸, Juan Carlos Marcos¹⁹, Gustavo Citera²⁰ and Francisco Caeiro²¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Privado, Córdoba, Argentina, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Tornu, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Rheumatology section, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Rheumatology, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Padilla, Tucuman, Argentina, ⁷Centro Medico Privado de Reumatologia, Tucuman, Argentina, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, HIGA San Martín La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ⁹Hospital San Martin, La Plata, Argentina, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medical Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Jose Maria Cullen, Santa Fe, Argentina, ¹²Rheumatology, Centro Integral de Reumatologia, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, ¹³Rheumatology, Centro de enfermedades Reumaticas, Santiago Del Estero, Argentina, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta, Argentina, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Sanatorio Adventista del Plata, Entre Rios, Argentina, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital General de Agudos "Dr. E. Tornú", Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁷Rheumatology Section, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁸Internal Medicine, Hospital Padilla, Tucuman, Argentina, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital San Martin, La Plata, Argentina, ²⁰Rheumatology, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²¹Rheumatology, Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
Background/Purpose: According to recent reports the cigarette smoking persons have 2-4 times greater risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The cigarette smoking is associated with…
Abstract Number: 2139 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Smoking Is Associated with Worsening Functional Status Over Time in a Diverse Cohort of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Matthew Reimert¹, Laura Trupin², Patricia P. Katz³, Edward H. Yelin⁴, Jennifer Barton² and John B. Imboden⁵, ¹Rheumatology, University of CA San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Although the effects of tobacco use on disease onset, severity, and response to therapy have been well studied in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there is…

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