Abstract Number: 1534 • ACR Convergence 2021
Severity Factors of Covid-19 Infection in Rheumatic Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases: Study in a Single University Hospital
Background/Purpose: Severity factors for COVID-19 have been widely studied in the general population. However, the severity factors and characteristics of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic…Abstract Number: 0295 • ACR Convergence 2021
Weight History and Associations with Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but traditional CVD risk factors may not accurately characterize risk. For…Abstract Number: 0851 • ACR Convergence 2021
Application of a Modified Recursive Feature Elimination Machine Learning Algorithm to Select Predictors of Mortality in Those with and Without Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Radiographic osteoarthritis (rOA) and joint symptoms at the knee and hip are predictors of mortality. However, questions remain about the nature of the relationship…Abstract Number: 1544 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Course and Risk Factors for Severe/Critical COVID-19 in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases – a Multicenter, Nationwide Study
Background/Purpose: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, some studies have addressed risk factors for severe forms of the disease in patients with rheumatic diseases.…Abstract Number: 0334 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association Between Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Myasthenia Gravis: A Population-Based National Study
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and myasthenia gravis (MG) are two autoimmune disorders that have a young female preponderance, relapsing-remitting course, and positive antinuclear antibodies.…Abstract Number: 0884 • ACR Convergence 2021
Genetics of Longitudinal Disease Activity in Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Genetics and gene expression has been shown to correlate with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease severity. Our aim was to identify genetic risk loci…Abstract Number: 1642 • ACR Convergence 2021
Baseline Body-mass-index and Risk for Obesity in Children with Rheumatic Disease on Moderate to High-dose Prednisone Therapy
Background/Purpose: Prednisone is a glucocorticoid (GC) medication commonly used in moderate ( >7.5 mg per day) to high doses (≥ 1 mg/kg/day) for children with…Abstract Number: 0383 • ACR Convergence 2021
Differences Between Male vs. Female Presenting with Back Pain in an Integrated Delivery System
Background/Purpose: Back pain exerts significant economic burden and in its inflammatory form is the main clinical symptom of axial spondylarthritis. We evaluated differences in patient…Abstract Number: 0897 • ACR Convergence 2021
Age-Stratified Trend of Spinal Radiographic Damage Progression in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Background/Purpose: Previous studies investigating the course of spinal structural progression in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) using the modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score (mSASSS)…Abstract Number: 1662 • ACR Convergence 2021
Unrecognised, Subclinical, Structural or Functional Lung Changes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated with a Higher Risk of Developing Serious Respiratory Tract Infection
Background/Purpose: The incidence of lung disease within the rheumatoid arthritis is well described and likely underestimated. Additionally, RA patients are at higher risk for developing…Abstract Number: 0413 • ACR Convergence 2021
Predictors of ILD Development and Timing of Onset in Systemic Sclerosis: A Canadian Cohort
Background/Purpose: In patients with SSc, interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) and pulmonary hypertension affect 50-70% of patients and are the leading cause of death. Recent trials…Abstract Number: 0980 • ACR Convergence 2021
Relationship Between Paraoxonase-1 Genotype, Activity, and Malignancies in Patients with RA Receiving Tofacitinib
Background/Purpose: Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) is a high-density lipoprotein-associated enzyme with paraoxonase, lactonase, and arylesterase activities.1 PON1 gene polymorphisms at the Q192R allele (rs662) have been associated…Abstract Number: 1748 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ (PPAR) Agonist Pioglitazone Improves Vascular and Metabolic Dysfunction in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Background/Purpose: Premature cardiovascular events in SLE are associated with significant mortality and morbidity with no effective treatments described to date. Both immune dysregulation characteristics of…Abstract Number: 0448 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease-related factors associated to atherosclerotic disease in axial spondyloarthritis. A mutlicenter study with 806 patients.
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) mortality and morbidity is increased in ankylosing spondylitits (AS) due to a process of accelerated atherosclerosis. The disease-related factors involved in this…Abstract Number: 0938 • ACR Convergence 2020
Low Preconceptional Complement Level Is Related with an Adverse Obstetric Outcome in a Multicentric Cohort of Pregnancy in Patients with APS and aPL Positivity
Background/Purpose: The role of complement in the aPL related pathology has been widely studied in animal models. aPL can induce fetal loss in experimental animals but…
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