Abstracts tagged "Smoking"

Abstract Number: 0978 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations of Fire Smoke and Other Pollutants with Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Vanessa Kronzer¹, Yangyuna Yang², Punyasha Roul³, James Crooks⁴, Cynthia Crowson¹, John Davis¹, Jeffrey Sparks⁵, Jeffrey Pierce⁶, Katelyn O'Dell⁷, Sauer brian⁸, grant Cannon⁹, Joshua Baker¹⁰, Ted Mikuls² and Bryant England², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁴National Jewish Health, Denver, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ⁶Colorado State University, Fort Collins, ⁷George Washington University, Washington DC, ⁸Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Background/Purpose: Wildfires have burned increasing acreage in the United States (US) since the 1980s, releasing record and alarming levels of particulate matter smaller than 2.5…
Abstract Number: 1436 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Association of Cigarette Smoking with Radiographic Progression in Psoriatic Arthritis
Fadi Kharouf¹, Hernan Maldonado Ficco², Shangyi Gao³, barry J Sheanne⁴, Daniel Pereira⁵, Richard Cook⁶, Vinod Chandran⁷ and Dafna Gladman⁸, ¹University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Hospital San Antonio de Padua, Cordoba, Argentina, ³Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The association between smoking and radiographic damage has been established in axial spondyloarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, but not in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). We designed…
Abstract Number: 1659 • ACR Convergence 2024
Shared Lung and Joint T Cell Repertoire in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Driven by Cigarette Smoking
Koen Venken¹, Matthias Jarlborg¹, Frederik Stevenaert², Thomas Malfait³, Carolien Vlieghe¹, Yann Abraham², Teddy Manuello¹, Tine Decruy¹, Stijn Van Hee¹, Hans Wils², Pieter Peeters², Philippe Carron⁴, Filip Van den Bosch³, Viggo Van Tendeloo², Bart Lambrecht¹, Ruth Wittoek⁵, Peggy Jacques⁶ and Dirk Elewaut⁷, ¹VIB Center for Inflammation Research - Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ²Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium, ³Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴UZ Gent, Gent, Belgium, ⁵Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶University Hospital of GHent, Gent, Belgium, ⁷Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Cigarette smoking has been associated with the production of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in individuals…
Abstract Number: 0659 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cigarette Exposure in Systemic Sclerosis: Impact on Autoantibody Expression and Disease Manifestations: Analysis of the EUSTAR Cohort
Jacopo Ciaffi¹, Sophie Liem², Saad Ahmed², Eva Hoekstra², Piotr Wiland³, Tatsuya Atsuma⁴, Gabriella Szucs⁵, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁶, Laszlo Czirjak⁷, Elisabetta Zanatta⁸, Ina Koetter⁹, Joerg Henes¹⁰, marco Matucci Cerinic¹¹, Paolo Airò¹², Francesco Ursini¹³, Thomas Huizinga² and Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra², ¹IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Wroclaw University of Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁴Hokkaido University, Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Sapporo, Japan, ⁵University of Debrecen, Department of Rheumatology, Debrecen, Hungary, ⁶Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ⁷Dept. Rheumatol Immunol, Medical School, university of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, ⁹University Hospital Eppendorf, Prisdorf, Germany, ¹⁰University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ¹¹Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹²Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ¹³IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis, cigarette smoking confers a risk for anti-CCP positive disease and the risk further increases in smokers carrying specific HLA DRB1-variants. These…
Abstract Number: 0660 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cigarette Smoking Increases the Risk of All-Cause Mortality in Male Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: An Analysis of the EUSTAR Cohort
Jacopo Ciaffi¹, Sophie Liem², Saad Ahmed², Eva Hoekstra², Piotr Wiland³, Tatsuya Atsuma⁴, Gabriella Szucs⁵, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁶, Laszlo Czirjak⁷, Elisabetta Zanatta⁸, Ina Koetter⁹, Joerg Henes¹⁰, marco Matucci Cerinic¹¹, Paolo Airò¹², Francesco Ursini¹³, Thomas Huizinga² and Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra², ¹IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Wroclaw University of Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁴Hokkaido University, Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Sapporo, Japan, ⁵University of Debrecen, Department of Rheumatology, Debrecen, Hungary, ⁶Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ⁷Dept. Rheumatol Immunol, Medical School, university of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, ⁹University Hospital Eppendorf, Prisdorf, Germany, ¹⁰University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ¹¹Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹²Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ¹³IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Cigarette smoking is an established risk factor for mortality in the general population but, in systemic sclerosis (SSc), evidence about the role of smoking…
Abstract Number: 0987 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk Factors and Predictors of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis: Data from the Mexican Adverse Events Registry (BIOBADAMEX)
Vijaya Rivera Terán¹, David Vega Morales², Miguel Angel Saavedra Salinas³, Iris Colunga⁴, Sandra Carrillo Vazquez⁵, Dafhne Miranda Hernández⁶, Sergio Durán Barragán⁷, Erick Adrián Zamora Tehozol⁸, Daniel Xavier Xibillé Friedman⁹, Angel Alejandro Castillo Ortiz¹⁰, Sandra Sicsik Ayala¹¹, Fedra Irazoque Palazuelos⁵, Julio César Casasola Vargas¹², Angelica Peña¹³, Omar Eloy Muñoz Monroy¹⁴, Azucena Ramos Sánchez², Luis Valdés Corona¹⁵, Javier Merayo-Chalico¹⁶, Estefania Torres Valdez¹³, Aleni Paz Viscarra¹⁵, Samara Mendieta Zerón¹⁷ and Deshiré Alpízar Rodríguez¹, ¹Colegio Mexicano de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, Mexico, ³IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁵Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁶Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁷Consulta Privada, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁸Centro Médico Pensiones, Mérida, Mexico, ⁹Práctica Privada, Cuernavaca, Mexico, ¹⁰Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, Mérida, Mexico, ¹¹Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Torreón, Mexico, ¹²Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de México y Municipios, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹³Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Querétaro, Mexico, ¹⁴Hospital Central Militar, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁵Práctica Privada, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁶Reumátika, Centro de Vanguardia en Reumatología de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁷Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de México y Municipios, Toluca, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Genetic, demographic, clinical, and immunological factors have been related with the response to treatment in inflammatory rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and…
Abstract Number: 1269 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Impact of Sex, Serostatus, and Smoking on Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease Subtypes
Gregory McDermott¹, Keigo Hayashi¹, Pierre-Antoine Juge², Ritu Gill¹, Suzanne Byrne¹, Staci Gagne¹, Kathleen Vanni¹, Emily Kowalski¹, Grace Qian¹, Katarina Bade³, Alene Saavedra¹, Yumeko Kawano¹, Michael Diiorio³, Taylor Wolfgang¹, Edy Kim¹, Paul Dellaripa³, Michael Weinblatt⁴, Nancy Shadick³, Tracy J. Doyle¹ and Jeffrey Sparks⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: RA-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is a heterogenous condition encompassing multiple subtypes with varying histopathology, prognosis, and potential treatment options. The most common RA-ILD…
Abstract Number: 1746 • ACR Convergence 2023
Smoking as a Risk Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Exclusive Association with IgA Autoantibodies
Tineke van Wesemael¹, Anna Svärd², Annemarie Dorjee¹, Thomas Huizinga¹, René Toes¹ and Diane van der Woude¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by autoantibodies to anti-modified protein autoantibodies (AMPAs) like anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and anti-acetylated protein antibodies (AAPA). Smoking is…
Abstract Number: 1765 • ACR Convergence 2023
Persistent Cigarette Smoking Is Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis Onset and Neutrophil Activation in a Prospective Study of At-risk First-Degree Relatives
Jeba Maisha, Xiaobo Meng, Hani El-Gabalawy and Liam O'Neil, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cigarette smoking (CS) is a major environmental risk factor for the development of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and is associated with the development of RA…
Abstract Number: 2110 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Changes in Pulmonary Function Measures on Spirometry in a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort of Smokers
Keigo Hayashi¹, Gregory McDermott¹, Pierre-Antoine Juge², Matthew Moll¹, Michael Cho¹, Tracy J. Doyle¹, Gregory Kinney³, Danielle Sansone-Poe³, Kendra Young³, Paul Dellaripa⁴, Zachary Wallace⁵, Elizabeth Regan⁶, Gary Hunninghake¹, Edwin Silverman¹, Samuel Ash¹, Raul San Jose Estepar¹, George Washko¹ and Jeffrey Sparks⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁶National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has known extra-articular manifestations that can result in restrictive and obstructive patterns on pulmonary function measures, especially in smokers. However, investigations…
Abstract Number: 2227 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Impact of Smoking Status on One Year Secukinumab Retention Rate in 1,684 Patients with PsA: Real-World Results from the EuroSpA Collaboration
Zohra Faizy Ahmadzay¹, Stylianos Georgiadis², Marion Pons², Merete Hetland², Bente Glintborg³, Jette Heberg², Sara Nysom Christiansen², Simon Horskjær Rasmussen², Anne Gitte Loft⁴, Isabel Castrejon⁵, Lucia Otero-Valera⁶, Jakub Zavada⁷, Karel Pavelka⁸, Heikki Relas⁹, Laura Kuusalo¹⁰, Burkhard Moeller¹¹, Michael Nissen¹², Ziga Rotar¹³, Katja Perdan Pirkmajer¹⁴, Daniela Santos Oliveira¹⁵, Ana Rita Cruz-Machado¹⁶, Brigitte Michelsen¹⁷, Eirik Kristianslund¹⁸, Bjorn Gudbjornsson¹⁹, Gerdur Maria Grondal²⁰, Karin Laas²¹, Pasoon Hellamand²², Ismail Sari²³, Daniela Di Giuseppe²⁴, Mikkel Østergaard²⁵ and Lykke Ørnbjerg², ¹Rigshospitalet Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Rigshospitalet Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Virum, Denmark, ⁴Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, ⁵Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Institute of Rheumatology; Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁸Institut of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁹Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁰Division of Internal Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, ¹¹Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹²Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹³University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre LJubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁵Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal, ¹⁶Rheumatology and Metabolic Bone Diseases Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHULN, Academic Medical Center and ERN-ReCONNET; Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa; Reuma.pt Sociedade Portuuesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁷Rigshospitalet Glostrup; Diakonhjemmet Hospital; Sørlandet Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁸Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁹Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ²⁰Department for Rheumatology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ²²Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ²⁴Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²⁵Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Smoking has been associated with higher disease activity, poorer treatment response, and drug retention rate among psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients treated with Tumor Necrosis…
Abstract Number: 1317 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Epidemiology of Old versus Young Males Referred for BMD Assessment
Muhammed Aqib Khan¹, Rabie Hamad¹, Hamzah Amin¹ and Marwan Bukhari², ¹Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Lancaster, United Kingdom, ²University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Data on osteoporosis in men are scarce. The World Health Organisation's (WHO) definition of a T-score less than 2.5 has only been described for…
Abstract Number: 1510 • ACR Convergence 2022
Modifying Lifestyle Factors May Offer the Potential to Enhance the Outcome of Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Axial Spondyloarthritis – Data from 14 European Countries
Gareth Jones¹, Ovidiu Rotariu¹, Brigitte Michelsen², Bente Glintborg³, Bjorn Gudbjornsson⁴, Arni Geirsson⁵, Heikki Relas⁶, Pia Isomäki⁷, Jakub Závada⁸, Karel Pavelka⁹, Ziga Rotar¹⁰, Matija Tomsic¹⁰, Michael Nissen¹¹, Adrian Ciurea¹², Catalin Codreanu¹³, Johan Karlsson Wallman¹⁴, Eirik Kristianslund¹⁵, Simon Rasmussen¹⁶, Lykke Ørnbjerg¹⁷, Maria José Santos¹⁸, Mikkel Østergaard¹⁹, Merete L Hetland²⁰ and Gary Macfarlane¹, ¹University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, ³Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Virum, Denmark, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁶Rheumatology, Inflammation Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ⁷Centre for Rheumatology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁹Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic, ¹⁰University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹¹Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹²University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹³Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania, ¹⁴Lund University and Skane University Hospital, Hjarup, Sweden, ¹⁵Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ¹⁷Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, ¹⁸Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Charneca da Caparica, Portugal, ¹⁹Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁰Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: In axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) much attention has been focused on pharmacological management, including tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi), as a means to reducing inflammation,…
Abstract Number: 1576 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Patients with Chronic Abdominal Periaortitis
Umar Ghaffar¹, Hannah Langenfeld², Cynthia Crowson³, Tanaz Kermani⁴, Michelle Burke¹, Boyd Viers¹, Aaron Potretzke¹, Haraldur Bjarnason¹, Kenneth J. Warrington¹ and Matthew J. Koster¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN, ⁴University of California Los Angeles, West Hills, CA
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the presentation features and outcomes of patients with chronic abdominal periaortitis in a large referral cohort. Methods: Using a proprietary medical text…
Abstract Number: 2248 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence and Mortality of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis and non-RA Comparators in a Multicenter Prospective Cohort
Gregory McDermott¹, Keigo Hayashi², Kazuki Yoshida¹, Matthew Moll¹, Michael Cho¹, Tracy Doyle¹, Paul Dellaripa¹, Rachel Putman¹, Raul San Jose Estepar¹, George Washko¹, Elizabeth Regan³, Hiroto Hatabu¹, Gary M Hunninghake¹, Edwin Silverman¹ and Jeffrey Sparks⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, ³National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Subpleural interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) may be a form of subclinical or preclinical interstitial lung disease (ILD) and have been reported in up to…

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