Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and weight loss"

Abstract Number: PP02 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sustained Weight Loss Managed by Multiple Medical Specialists
Lawrence Phillips, Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA
Background/Diagnosis: A patient who was diagnosed in 1974 with type 1 diabetes and in 2000 with rheumatoid arthritis weighed 366 pounds in 2014. He found…
Abstract Number: 1908 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bariatric Surgery Does Not Affect the Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Obese Subjects
Yuan Zhang¹, Cristina Maglio², Anna Rudin³ and Lena Carlsson⁴, ¹Dep. of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Dep. of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research and Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Dept of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Obesity is among the risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment to achieve weight loss and to prevent obesity-related…
Abstract Number: 2457 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association between Biologic Dmards and Weight Change in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis
Britney Jones¹, Imran Hassan², Walter P. Maksymowych³ and Elaine Yacyshyn⁴, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²EPICORE Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³CaRE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis (IA) is a chronic disorder that encompasses rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis. Rheumatoid cachexia is defined as elevated HDL, increased adiposity, and loss…
Abstract Number: 3069 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Weight Loss in the Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Period Is Associated with Subsequent Increased Mortality in RA Patients and Matched Comparators: Evidence Against an RA-Specific Obesity Paradox
Jeffrey A. Sparks¹, Shun-Chiao Chang², Uyen Sa D.T. Nguyen^3,4, Medha Barbhaiya², Sara K. Tedeschi², Bing Lu², Karen H. Costenbader², Yuqing Zhang⁵, Hyon K. Choi⁶ and Elizabeth W. Karlson², ¹Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose : Weight loss may explain the obesity paradox for mortality, since those who unintentionally lose weight to reach normal BMI may have higher mortality…
Abstract Number: 3087 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Weight Loss with Improved Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
David J. Kreps^1,2, Florencia Halperin³, Sonali P. Desai³, Zhi Zhang³, Elena Losina³, Elizabeth W. Karlson¹, Bonnie L. Bermas¹ and Jeffrey A. Sparks⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose : Obesity has been associated with worsened RA outcomes and increased disease activity. However, few longitudinal studies have investigated whether weight loss might improve…
Abstract Number: 39 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Baseline Obesity and Subsequent Weight Loss Are Independently Associated with Cardiovascular Mortality in Established Rheumatoid Arthritis
Bryant R. England¹, Joshua F. Baker², Harlan Sayles³, Kaleb Michaud^4,5, Liron Caplan⁶, Lisa A. Davis⁶, Grant W. Cannon⁷, Brian Sauer⁸, E. Blair Solow⁹, Andreas Reimold¹⁰, Gail S. Kerr¹¹, Pascale Schwab¹² and Ted R. Mikuls¹³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ⁶Div of Rheumatology, Univ of CO Denver School of Med, Aurora, CO, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Rheumatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹⁰Rheumatology, VAMC, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹VAMC, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ¹²Div Arth & Rheum Dis, Oregon Health & Sci Univ OP09, Portland, OR, ¹³Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: In the general population, higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with cardiovascular (CV) disease. However, an obesity paradox has been observed in rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1391 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Weight Loss and Risk of Death in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, Erica Billig², Grant W. Cannon³, Liron Caplan⁴, Vikas Majithia⁵ and Ted R. Mikuls⁶, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Div of Rheumatology, Denver VA and Univ of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁵Div of Rheumatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ⁶Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose Low body mass index (BMI) has been linked to greater mortality among patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Weight loss has also been associated with…
Abstract Number: L17 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bariatric Surgery Improves Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity, Reduces Inflammatory Markers, and Decreases Medication Usage
Jeffrey A. Sparks¹, Florencia Halperin², Jonathan C. Karlson³, Elizabeth W. Karlson¹ and Bonnie L. Bermas¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Obesity causes a chronic inflammatory state. Increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with incident rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and may impact RA disease activity.…

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