Abstracts tagged "Women’s health"

Abstract Number: 0948 • ACR Convergence 2022
Fertility and the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Perceptions, Thoughts and Experiences of Men and Women with Rheumatic Disease
Emily Peninger¹, Molly Leavitt¹, Cuoghi Edens¹ and Shilpa Venkatachalam², ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases have fewer biologic children than those without for a number of reasons, including infertility. Patients with rheumatic diseases may therefore…
Abstract Number: 0949 • ACR Convergence 2022
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Women with Lupus Nephritis in Pregnancy Therapeutic CHallenge (SWITCH): The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Experience
Joo Young (Esther) Lee¹, Arielle Mendel², Anca Askanase³, Sang-Cheol Bae⁴, Jill Buyon⁵, Ann E Clarke⁶, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau⁷, Paul R Fortin⁸, Dafna Gladman⁹, John Hanly¹⁰, Murat Inanc¹¹, David Isenberg¹², Anselm Mak¹³, Marta Mosca¹⁴, Michelle Petri¹⁵, Anisur Rahman¹⁶, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman¹⁷, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero¹⁸, Murray Urowitz¹⁹, Daniel Wallace²⁰, Sasha Bernatsky²¹ and Evelyne Vinet², ¹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁵NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶University of Calgary, Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ⁸Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁹Toronto Western Hospital, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center (Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Site) and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istambul, Turkey, ¹²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹⁵Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁶Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA, Chicago, IL, ¹⁸Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁹University of Toronto, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁰Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: One-third of women with SLE develop lupus nephritis (LN), and most receive mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). However, MMF is teratogenic, and needs to be switched…
Abstract Number: 0950 • ACR Convergence 2022
Obstetric Outcomes in Women with Rheumatic Disease and COVID-19 in the Context of Vaccination Status: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Registry
Sinead Maguire¹, Samar Al emadi², Paul Alba³, Mathia C Aguiar⁴, Talal Al Lawati⁵, Gelsomina Alle⁶, Bonnie Bermas⁷, Suleman Bhana⁸, Branimir Anic⁹, Inita Bulina¹⁰, Megan Clowse¹¹, Adriana Karina Cogo¹², Iris Colunga¹³, Claire Cook¹⁴, KAREN JOYCE CORTEZ¹⁵, Kathryn Dao¹⁶, Milena Gianfrancesco¹⁷, Monique Gore-Massy¹⁸, Laure Gossec¹⁹, Rebecca Grainger²⁰, Jonathan Hausmann²¹, Tiffany YT Hsu²², Kimme Hyrich²³, Carolina Isnardi²⁴, Yumeko Kawano²², Rachael Kilding²⁵, Daria A Kusevich²⁶, Saskia Lawson-Tovey²⁷, Jean Liew²⁸, Eoghan McCarthy²⁹, Anna Montgomery³⁰, Sebastian Moyano³, Noreen Nasir³¹, IVAN PADJEN³², Charalampos Papagoras³³, Naomi Patel³⁴, MARIANA PERA³⁵, Cecilia Pisoni³⁶, Guillermo Pons-Estel³⁷, Antonio Lorenzo Quiambao³⁸, Rosana Quintana³⁹, Eric Ruderman⁴⁰, Sebastian Sattui⁴¹, Veronica Savio⁴², Savino Sciascia⁴³, Marieta Sencarova⁴⁴, Rosa Serrano-Morales⁴⁵, Faizah Siddique⁴⁶, Emily Sirotich⁴⁷, Jeffrey Sparks⁴⁸, Anja Strangfeld⁴⁹, Paul Sufka⁵⁰, Helen Tanner⁵¹, Yohana Tissera⁵², Zachary Wallace¹⁴, Marina Werner⁵³, Leanna Wise⁵⁴, Angus Worthing⁵⁵, JoAnn Zell⁵⁶, Julija Zepa¹⁰, Pedro Machado⁵⁷, Jinoos Yazdany¹⁷, Philip Robinson⁵¹ and Richard Conway¹,¹St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, ³Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Hospital General Agustin O`Horan, Merida, Mexico, ⁵Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, ⁶Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁷UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁸Crystal Run Healthcare, Middletown, NY, ⁹Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, ¹⁰Center of Rheumatology, Paul Stradins Clinical University hospital, Riga, Latvia, ¹¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹²Hospital Interzonal Luis Guemes, Haedo and Hospital San Juan de Dios, Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹³Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ¹⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁵Baguio General Hospital Medical Center, Baguio, Philippines, ¹⁶UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹⁷University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁸Covid-19 GRA, West Orange, NJ, ¹⁹Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ²⁰University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ²¹Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²³The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²⁴SAR-COVID Coordinator, Research Unit Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²⁵Sheffield teaching hospitals trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ²⁶VA Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow and Anikina Clinic, Vidnoe, Russia, ²⁷Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK AND National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²⁸Boston University, Boston, MA, ²⁹Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³⁰University of California, San Francisco, USA; San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, USA, San Francisco, CA, ³¹Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan, ³²University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, ³³First Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory of Molecular Hematology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece, ³⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Sale Creek, TN, ³⁵Hospital Ángel C Padilla, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucuman, Argentina, ³⁶CEMIC- Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³⁷Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³⁸East Avenue Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines, ³⁹Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas. Grupo Oroño (GO CREAR) and Research Unit Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴⁰Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴¹University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, PIttsburgh, PA, ⁴²Hospital Córdoba; Consultora Integral de Salud CMP, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁴³University of Turin, Torino, Italy, ⁴⁴Univerzitna nemocnica L Pasteura, Slovakia, Kosice, Slovakia, ⁴⁵Sanatorio Parque. Centro de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas del Grupo Oroño, Rosario, Argentina, ⁴⁶Loyola University Medical Center, Elmhurst, IL, ⁴⁷Department of Health Research, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴⁹Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵⁰HealthPartners, Eagan, MN,⁵¹University of Queensland School of Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, ⁵²Internal Medicine Service, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Córdoba y Sanatorio Parque de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁵³Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁵⁴LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA, ⁵⁵Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, PC, Washington, DC, ⁵⁶University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁵⁷Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To describe obstetric outcomes based on COVID-19 vaccination status in women with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) who developed COVID-19 during pregnancy.Methods: We extracted…
Abstract Number: 0958 • ACR Convergence 2022
Azathioprine Metabolite Levels and Outcomes During Pregnancies in Women with Rheumatic Disease
Stephen Balevic¹, Catherine Sims², Amanda Eudy³ and Megan Clowse², ¹Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Despite the wide use of AZA during pregnancy, there are no studies evaluating the impact of pregnancy on AZA metabolites 6-thioguanine nucleotide (6-TGN) and…
Abstract Number: 0965 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pregnancy Outcomes in a Diverse Lupus Cohort
Julia Simard¹, Emily Liu², Eliza Chakravarty³, Amadeia Rector¹, Miranda Cantu⁴, Daniel Kuo⁵, Gary Shaw⁶, Maurice Druzin⁶, Michael Weisman⁷ and Monique Hedderson², ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ²Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s Division of Research, Oakland, CA, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Global Lupus Support Group, Portage, MI, ⁵Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City Medical Center, Redwood City, CA, ⁶Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, ⁷Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Although the overall systemic lupus (SLE) patient population is racially and ethnically diverse, many study populations are homogeneous. We assembled a diverse group of…
Abstract Number: 0406 • ACR Convergence 2022
Are the BASDAI & BASFI Capturing the Full Impact of Disease Activity on Quality of Life in Women with Axial Spondyloarthritis?
Sinead Maguire¹, Fiona Wilson², Phil Gallagher³ and Finbar (Barry) O'Shea¹, ¹St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: The tools to assess disease activity and quality of life in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) were developed in ankylosing spondylitis cohorts biased towards inclusion of…
Abstract Number: 0967 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patterns of Breastfeeding Among Women with and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Laurel Wolf, Erin Hynd, stephanie Bray, Dulaney Wilson, Jim Oates and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Benefits of breastfeeding for maternal and infant health outcomes are well-known. However, many barriers to initiating and maintaining breastfeeding have been identified, particularly for…
Abstract Number: 0532 • ACR Convergence 2022
Women with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Less Likely to Achieve Rapid and Sustainable Remission: Results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Study
orit schieir¹, Susan Bartlett², Marie-France Valois¹, Glen Hazlewood³, Louis Bessette⁴, Gilles Boire⁵, Carol Hitchon⁶, Edward Keystone⁷, Janet Pope⁸, diane tin⁹, Carter Thorne¹⁰, Vivian Bykerk¹¹ and Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Investigators¹², ¹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁵Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁷Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁹Centre of Arthritis Excellence (CArE), Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²The Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH), Bowmanville, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Historical and established RA cohorts have reported sex disparities in remission outcomes favoring male patients. The objective of the present study was to compare…
Abstract Number: 0968 • ACR Convergence 2022
Neuropsychological Outcome of Children Born to Women with Systemic Sclerosis: Assessment Through a Self-administered Multidisciplinary Questionnaire in a Monocentric Cohort
Eleonora Pedretti¹, Laura Andreoli¹, Liala Moschetti¹, Cecilia Nalli¹, Anna Molinaro², Jessica Galli², Elisa Fazzi², Franco Franceschini¹, Angela Tincani³, Paolo Airò⁴ and Maria Grazia Lazzaroni¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Unit of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Gussago, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
Background/Purpose: In the last years, the rate of successful pregnancies has significantly increased in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)1 women. However, the long-term outcome of their children…
Abstract Number: 0605 • ACR Convergence 2022
Citrullinated Peptide-Specific ACPA Are Present in the Female Genital Tract in Premenopausal Women with and Without RA
Daniele Marcy¹, Heather Rothfuss², Ashley Visser¹, Jill Norris³, V. Michael Holers⁴, Kevin D Deane⁵, William Robinson⁶, Brian Cherrington² and Kristen Demoruelle¹, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of Wyoming, Laramie, ³Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ⁴University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁵University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, ⁶Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Women develop RA ~3 times more often than men. The etiology of this sex difference remains largely unexplained. Generation of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA)…
Abstract Number: 0969 • ACR Convergence 2022
Use of Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Agonists for Ovarian Preservation in Patients Receiving Cyclophosphamide for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Meta-analysis
Komal Ejaz¹, Dania Abid², Paul Juneau³, Jun Chu⁴ and Sarfaraz Hasni⁵, ¹The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, ²Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Meridian, ID, ³National Institutes of Health Library, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁵National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Cyclophosphamide (CYC) has known cytotoxic effects on ovarian reserve and has been linked to premature ovarian failure in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The concurrent…
Abstract Number: 0901 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Associated with Household Work Limitations in Mexican Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Impact of the Disease on Women’s Life
Ana Ortiz-Haro¹, Irazu Contreras-Yáñez¹, Guillermo Guaracha Basañez² and Virginia Pascual Ramos³, ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirn", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most frequent chronic inflammatory arthritis with a clear female preponderance. For various reasons, women spend more time on household…
Abstract Number: 1295 • ACR Convergence 2022
Targeting Barriers That Prevent Contraception Counseling in an Academic Rheumatology Practice
Tara Skorupa¹, Kristin Sturm², Aaron Lazorwitz², Guiset Carvajal Bedoya³, Ju Young Kwag², JoAnn Zell² and Kristen Demoruelle², ¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ³Billings Clinic, Billings, MT
Background/Purpose: Systemic autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect females of childbearing potential. Many of the medications used to treat systemic autoimmune diseases have suspected or confirmed teratogenic…
Abstract Number: 0939 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pilot Study: A Novel Method for Cervical Health Monitoring in African American Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Using a Self- Sampling Brush to Assess Cervical HPV Infection and Cervical Cytology
J. Patricia Dhar¹, Heather Walline², Lamia Fathallah³, Susanna Szpunar⁴, Louis Saravolatz⁵, Gil Mor⁶ and Thomas Carey⁷, ¹Ascension St. John Hospital and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Bloomfield Hills, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Ascension St.John Hospital, Detroit, MI, ⁴Ascension St. John Hospital, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, ⁵Ascension St John Hospital and Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine (affiliate), Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, ⁶Wayne State University and C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development., Detroit, MI, ⁷University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: A health disparity exists for AA women with SLE who have increased morbidity & mortality from both cervical cancer & SLE. Current cervical cancer…
Abstract Number: 1634 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Ultra-processed Food Intake with Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Women
Sinara Laurini Rossato¹, Chun-Han Lo², Medha Barbhaiya³, Jeffrey Sparks⁴, Neha Khandpur⁵, Susan Malspeis⁶, Kazuki Yoshida⁶, Walter C. Willett⁷ and Karen Costenbader⁶, ¹Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil, ²Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, Las Vegas, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Antioxidants and vitamins present in unprocessed foods may protect against development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) whereas ultra-processed foods (UPFs) remove these nutrients, adding…

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