Abstracts tagged "risk factors"

Abstract Number: 2012 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictors of Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biologics: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Yasmin Khader, Azizullah Beran, Sami Ghazaleh, Rawish Fatima, Ashu Acharya and Nezam Altorok, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) have emerged as an effective treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), improving patients’ quality of life throughout the disease course.…
Abstract Number: 0553 • ACR Convergence 2022
Stair Climbing Difficulty and Risk of Functional Limitation in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Simple Functional Vital Sign?
Jason Jakiela¹, Dana Voinier¹, Yvonne Golightly², Jennifer Horney¹, Thomas Bye¹, Jéssica Bianca Aily¹ and Daniel White¹, ¹University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of functional limitation in older adults, and difficulty with climbing stairs is often the first-reported limitation. As…
Abstract Number: 1131 • ACR Convergence 2022
Integrating Genome and Transcriptome-Wide Associations with Real-World Data to Assess Risk for Leukopenia in Patients Taking Azathioprine
Puran Nepal, Jacy Zanussi, Alyson Dickson, Laura Daniel, Tyne Miller-Fleming, Peter Straub, Adriana Hung, Wei-Qi Wei, Nancy Cox, Michael Stein, QiPing Feng and Cecilia Chung, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Azathioprine is used to treat several autoimmune conditions, but its use is limited by side effects. Leukopenia, a severe, potentially life-threatening side effect is…
Abstract Number: 1506 • ACR Convergence 2022
Multimorbidity in Psoriasis as a Risk Factor for Psoriatic Arthritis: A Population-Based Study
Paras Karmacharya¹, Rikesh Chakradhar², Alexis Ogdie³, John Davis⁴, Tina Gunderson⁴, Cassondra Hulshizer⁴, Kerry Wright⁴, Megha M. Tollefson⁵, Ali Duarte-Garcia⁴, Delamo Bekele⁴, Hilal Maradit Kremers⁴, Floranne Ernste⁴ and Cynthia Crowson⁶, ¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²St. Christopher's Hospital, Philadelphia, ³Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, ⁶Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis is a systemic inflammatory disorder associated with cardiometabolic and other comorbidities. Psoriasis frequently precedes development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and comorbidities in psoriasis…
Abstract Number: 2014 • ACR Convergence 2022
Difficult to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis: Prevalence of Different Objective Patterns, Predictive Characteristics, and Associated Factors in 1-Year Follow-Up
Einer Sanchez-Prado, ronald Perez, Laura Cuellar, jonatan mareco, Santiago Ruta, Sebastian Magri and Rodrigo Garcia Salinas, Hospital Italiano de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) (D2T), is a concept recently defined by EULAR, it refers to patients who do not achieve the therapeutic target, who…
Abstract Number: 0617 • ACR Convergence 2022
Killer Cell Immunoglobulin Receptor and Class I HLA Genetic Variability in South-eastern Spanish Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Pablo Mesa-del-Castillo B.¹, Lourdes Gimeno Arias¹, Jose Miguel Bolarin², Luis Francisco Linares Ferrando¹, Alfredo Minguela-Puras¹ and Carlos Marras Fernández Cid¹, ¹Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ²IT Tecnological Center (CENTIC), Murcia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by bone erosions and progressive joint destruction. Genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors may induce…
Abstract Number: 1149 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Novel Mitochondrial Variant as a Predictor for the Rapid Progressive Knee Osteoarthritis Phenotype: Development of a Predictive Model and Functional Studies
Alejandro Durán-Sotuela¹, Mercedes Fernández-Moreno¹, Tamara Hermida-Gómez¹, Sara Relaño¹, Victoria Suárez-Ulloa², vanesa Balboa-Barreiro³, Natividad Oreiro¹, Jorge Vázquez-García¹, FJ Blanco¹ and Ignacio Rego-Pérez¹, ¹Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ²Plataforma de Bioinformática. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ³Unidad de apoyo a la Investigación. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis progression is heterogeneous in the population, being the most aggresive form the rapid progressive knee osteoarthritis (RPKOA). These patients suffer a worsening…
Abstract Number: 1526 • ACR Convergence 2022
Developing a Screening Tool for the Detection of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: The ILD-RISC Risk Score
cosimo bruni¹, Lorenzo Tofani¹, Håvard Fretheim², Sophie Liem³, Arthiha Velauthapillai⁴, Hilde Jenssen Bjørkekjær⁵, Imon Barua², Ilaria Galetti⁶, Alexandru Garaiman⁷, Mike Becker⁷, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold², Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra⁸, Madelon Vonk⁹, Jörg Distler¹⁰, Marco Matucci-Cerinic¹ and Oliver Distler⁷, ¹University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁶Gruppo Italiano Lotta alla Sclerodermia (GILS), Milano, Italy, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁰Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). Although there is agreement…
Abstract Number: 2015 • ACR Convergence 2022
JAK Selectivity Did Not Affect to the Incidence of Malignancies in the Real-World Setting: Data from a Multicenter Observational Study in Japan
Tomohisa Uchida¹, Naoki Iwamoto², Shoichi Fukui², Fumiko Shomura³, Koichiro Aratake³, Toshiyuki Aramaki⁴, Yukitaka Ueki⁴ and Atsushi Kawakami², ¹Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Ureshino, Japan, ²Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center, Ureshino, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan

Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib and baricitinib are the first and second approved JAK inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Although their clinical efficacy has been well established,…
Abstract Number: 0635 • ACR Convergence 2022
Blood RNA-sequencing Reveals Complex Immune Dysregulation in ANA-positive Individuals with Distinct Profiles Preceding Progression to SLE versus Stable Autoimmunity
Lucy Marie Carter¹, Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof², Darren Plant³, Julien Bauer⁴, Stephanie Wenlock⁴, Adewonuola Alase¹, Antonios Psarras¹, Zoe Wigston¹ and Edward M Vital², ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) positivity represents a complex ‘At-Risk’ state for development of connective tissue disease (CTD). ANA may become positive years in advance of…
Abstract Number: 1197 • ACR Convergence 2022
Folic Acid and Methotrexate Use and Their Association with COVID-19 Diagnosis and Mortality: An Analysis from the UK Biobank
Ruth Topless¹, Ralph Green², Sarah L Morgan³, Philip Robinson⁴, Tony Merriman¹ and Angelo Gaffo³, ¹University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of California Davis at Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴School of Clinical Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: Folate metabolism is implicated in SARS-CoV-2 infectivity. The current study seeks to determine if methotrexate (an antifolate) or folic acid prescription were associated with…
Abstract Number: 1590 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pain and Treatment Switching Among Patients in the CorEvitasTM Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry
Joshua Baker¹, J Morel Symons², Jud C Janak³, Oksana Pugach³, Elizabeth Kohl³, Miao Yu³, Dave Webb⁴, Alan A Martin⁴, Didier Saurigny⁵ and Marguerite Bracher⁵, ¹University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, ³CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: For many patients with RA on targeted therapies, the chronic burden of pain leads to therapies being deemed suboptimally effective and may affect treatment…
Abstract Number: 2062 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predicting Severe Flares: Real-world Application of a Decision-Tree Model Among the Medicaid-Insured Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Population in the US
Sandra Sze-jung Wu¹, Allison Perry², Nicole Zimmerman³, Helen Varker⁴, Rich Bizier⁴, Liisa Palmer⁴, Christine Dube⁵ and Gary Bryant⁶, ¹AstraZeneca, Hockessin, DE, ²IBM Watson Health, New York, NY, ³IBM Watson Health, Chagrin Falls, OH, ⁴Merative, Cambridge, MA, ⁵AstraZeneca, Torrington, CT, ⁶AstraZeneca, New Castle, DE
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex disease with multisystem inflammation resulting in variable clinical manifestations. As a result, predicting the occurrence of an…
Abstract Number: 0680 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Environmental Risk Factors with Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Thrombosis in 1199 International Patients Referred for Suspected Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Medha Barbhaiya¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah, DrPH, MSPH¹, Jonah Levine¹, Karen Costenbader² and Doruk Erkan¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Whether environmental risk factors induce antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) positivity and increase the risk of arterial thrombosis (AT) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in aPL-positive patients…
Abstract Number: 1207 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk Factors for Major Cardiovascular Events (MACE) in Inflammatory Arthritis: A Time-dependent Analysis on the Inflammatory Burden, Use of DMARDs, NSAIDs, and Steroid
Huan Meng¹, Steven H Lam², Ho So¹ and Lai-shan Tam³, ¹The Faculty of Medicine, CUHK, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²The Chinese university of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis (IA) including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis due to systematic inflammation. To elucidate whether inflammatory…

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