Abstracts tagged "Smoking"

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…
Abstract Number: 0268 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risks of Mortality in Elderly-onset Rheumatoid Arthritis: Analysis from the TRA Clinical Electronic Registry
Ching-Tsai Lin¹, Wen-Nan Huang¹, Yi-Hsin Chen² and Yi-Ming Chen³, ¹Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ²Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ³Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were associated with increased mortality rate. Our study aimed to investigate the risk factors associated with all causes of…
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: 0698 • ACR Convergence 2022
Cohort Study of Cigarette Smoking and the Risk of Developing Polymyalgia Rheumatica Among Women
Jae Hee Kang¹, Susan Malspeis², Nicole Yang² and Karen Costenbader², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease among older White women, but little is known of its etiology and there are…
Abstract Number: 0017 • ACR Convergence 2021
Lessons Learnt from Associations Between Anti-modified Protein Antibodies and Risk Factors: Human Leukocyte Antigen – Shared Epitope Alleles Solely Associate with Anti-citrullinated Protein Antibodies
Tineke J van wesemael, Annemarie L. Dorjee, Tom WJ Huizinga, Annette H.M van der Helm-van Mil, René Toes and Diane van der Woude, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the presence of auto-antibodies to post translationally modified proteins (anti-modified protein antibodies (AMPA)): anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA), anti-carbamylated…
Abstract Number: 0082 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Current Cigarette Smoking and Obesity with Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Thrombosis in 1216 International Patients Evaluated for Suspected Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
Medha Barbhaiya¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Doruk Erkan¹, Karen Costenbader² and On Behalf of New APS Classification Criteria Development Case Collectors¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Belmont, MA
Background/Purpose: Few studies have evaluated the role of environmental factors in APS. While antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) may be induced by environmental stiumuli, e.g., viruses, cardiovascular…
Abstract Number: 0564 • ACR Convergence 2021
Associations of Sinusitis, Pharyngitis, and Respiratory Tract Disease Burden with Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vanessa Kronzer¹, Weixing Huang², Alessandra Zaccardelli², Cynthia Crowson³, John Davis¹, Robert Vassallo¹, Tracy Doyle⁴, Elena Losina² and Jeffrey Sparks², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, West Roxbury, MA
Background/Purpose: Increasing evidence implicates respiratory mucosa in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, individual respiratory tract diseases, especially of the upper airways, sinuses, and…
Abstract Number: 0641 • ACR Convergence 2021
Title: EHR-Supported Staff Protocol Improves Smoking Cessation in a Diverse Rheumatology Clinic: Updated Results of Quit Connect Dissemination
Jennifer Brandt¹, Edmond Ramly², Monica Messina³, S Sam Lim⁴ and Christie Bartels³, ¹Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Smoking is a risk factor for rheumatologic conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and predicts worse outcomes. Smoking and rheumatic disease increase risk for…
Abstract Number: 1019 • ACR Convergence 2021
Cigarette Smoking Induces Post-translational Protein Modifications in Both in Vitro and in Vivo Models of Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Alyssa Gregory¹, Corrine Kliment¹, Geoffrey Thiele², Michael Duryee², Ted Mikuls², Bryant England², Jill Poole² and Dana Ascherman³, ¹University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Cigarette smoking has been epidemiologically linked to the development of ACPA+ rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and, by extension, RA-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). Providing strong…
Abstract Number: 1797 • ACR Convergence 2021
Are Smoking and Alcohol Associated with Peripheral Musculoskeletal Involvement in Patients with Spondyloarthritis? Results from the ASAS-PerSpA Study
M.Lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda¹, Rafaela Ortega², Mara ngeles Puche Larrubia¹, Maxime Dougados³, Eduardo Collantes-Estevez² and Clementina López Medina⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, ³Université de Paris . Department of Rheumatology - Hôpital Cochin. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris . INSERM (U1153): Clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité. Paris, France., Paris, France, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Reina Sofia Hospital, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain/ Department of Rheumatology, University of Paris, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: There are controversies around the role of smoking in manifestations of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) such as peripheral involvement. It has been observed an inverse…
Abstract Number: 1062 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dermatomyositis: A Dermatology-Rheumatology Clinic Retrospective Analysis
Burak Elkiran¹, Mahroo Tajalli², Terrence M. Vance³, Abrar A. Qureshi⁴ and Anthony M. Reginato⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology; Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, BOSTON, ²Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, PROVIDENCE, ³Department of Epidemiology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, PROVIDENCE, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, BOSTON, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) can be categorized into two major subtypes: clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) and classic dermatomyositis (CDM). In this study, we aimed to identify characteristics…
Abstract Number: 1198 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lifestyle and Clinical Risk Factors for Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vanessa Kronzer¹, Weixing Huang², Paul Dellaripa³, Sicong Huang⁴, Vivi Feathers², Bing Lu⁵, Christine Iannaccone⁶, Ritu Gill⁷, Hiroto Hatabu⁸, Mizuki Nishino⁸, Cynthia Crowson⁹, John Davis¹, Michael Weinblatt⁴, Nancy Shadick¹⁰, Tracy J. Doyle¹¹ and Jeffrey Sparks¹⁰, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, ³Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA, ⁶Division of General Internal Medicine; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Topsfield, MA, ⁷Department of Radiology; Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Topsfield, MA, ⁸Department of Radiology; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, ⁹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Rochester, MN, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, West Roxbury, MA
Background/Purpose: Despite the known excess mortality of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD), its association with certain lifestyle factors such as obesity and future prediction…

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