Abstracts tagged "Women’s health"

Abstract Number: 2316 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Meta-Analysis of FSFI Total and Domain Scores
Gabriela Moreira¹, Hemerli De Cinque Almeida Esteves², Nicole Felix³ and Jose Fernando Verztman¹, ¹Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ²No current affiliation, Columbus, OH, ³Federal University of Campina Grande, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Beyond musculoskeletal manifestations, there is growing recognition of the systemic and psychosocial burden of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Sexual health is an often-overlooked aspect of…
Abstract Number: 0460 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Impact of Early and Artificial Menopause on Dementia Risk Among Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ryan Salama¹, Cassondra Hulshizer², Cynthia Crowson³ and Elena myasoedova¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, ³Mayo Clinic, Stewartvillle, MN
Background/Purpose: Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias present an increasing global health concern, with increasing incidence and prevalence. Hormonal fluctuations associated with menopause may exacerbate inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 2197 • ACR Convergence 2025
Mechanisms of Fetal Growth Restriction in Rheumatologic Autoimmune Diseases: Insights into Placental Pathology and Immune Dysregulation
Larabe Farrukh¹, Ananya Venkatesh², Mana Parast² and Chelsey Smith³, ¹University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²University of California San Diego, San Diego, ³University of California San Diego, LA JOLLA, CA
Background/Purpose: Fetal growth restriction (FGR) significantly contributes to adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) in women with rheumatologic diseases. Understanding the immunopathologic mechanisms underlying FGR is critical…
Abstract Number: 2395 • ACR Convergence 2025
Analysis of histopathological changes in the placenta of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Bartira Melo¹, Elizabeth Avvad², Marcela lacerda², Nilson jesus², Evandro Klumb² and Guilherme Ramires de Jesus³, ¹UERJ- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ²UERJ - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ³Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is more frequent in women of reproductive age and pregnancy in these patients is considered as high risk. The inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 0465 • ACR Convergence 2025
Reproductive Factors and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease or Bronchiectasis in Women
Suchita Nety¹, Xiaosong Wang², Misti Paudel³, Ying Qi⁴, Qianru Zhang¹, Nancy Shadick⁵, Michael Weinblatt⁶, Liya Sisay Getachew⁷, Gregory McDermott⁸ and Jeffrey Sparks⁷, ¹Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Natick, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, ⁵Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA
Background/Purpose: RA-associated lung diseases (RA-LD) such as RA-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) and RA-associated bronchiectasis (RA-BR) are more common in men, but risk rises with…
Abstract Number: 2200 • ACR Convergence 2025
Obstetric and Neonatal Complications in Women living with Axial Spondyloarthritis: a population-based, matched cohort study
Sinead Maguire¹, John Snelgrove², Priscila Pequeno³, Michael Paterson⁴, Fangyun Wu⁴, Laura Passalent⁵, Anthony Perruccio⁶, Dharini Mahendira⁷, Elie Karam⁸, Robert Inman⁹ and Nigil Haroon¹⁰, ¹Our Lady's Hospital Navan, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ³Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, Canada, ⁴Institute of Clinical & Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Schroeder Arthritis Institute and Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁷St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁸Canadian Spondylitis Association, Toronto, Canada, ⁹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Women with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) are frequently diagnosed during their childbearing years. While studies have reported on pregnancy complications in this population, deriving generalizable…
Abstract Number: 2565 • ACR Convergence 2025
Assessing Participation in the Lupus Sister Circle Support Group
Khadija Dantata, Wendy Rodgers and Lety Ocana, The Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Relative to White people with lupus (PWL), Black/African American (B/AA) PWL are three times as likely to develop lupus and suffer a severe form…
Abstract Number: 0755 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sex Differences in Subtypes of Vascular Involvement and Clinical Manifestations in Giant Cell Arteritis
Natalia Lopez Juanes, Carlota Ureta, Irene Monjo Henry, Maria-Eugenia Miranda-Carus, Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez and Eugenio de Miguel, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Recognizing gender-specific differences in diseases is critical to improve diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) has been traditionally considered a predominantly female…
Abstract Number: 2201 • ACR Convergence 2025
Adherence to Reproductive Health Guidelines in Lupus Care: Insights from Patient and Physician Surveys
Akhil Sood¹, Leanna Wise², Sadaf Sediqi¹, Alyssa Howren¹, Amanda Moyer¹, Ellie Diamond¹, Yashaar Chaichian³ and Julia F Simard⁴, ¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²LAGMC/Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴Stanford Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology has established guidelines for managing reproductive health in patients with rheumatic diseases. We assessed contraception use and counseling of…
Abstract Number: 2575 • ACR Convergence 2025
Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among Women with Systemic Rheumatic Diseases in New York City Assessed Between 2022 and 2024
Yongjay Kim¹, Sandhya Kannayiram², Amaya Smole³, Lucy Masto⁴, Neha Nagpal⁵, Naiva Manuela Piatchou Donfack⁵, Deanna Jannat-Khah⁵, Lisa Mandl⁵, Caroline Siegel⁵, Sarah Lieber⁵, Michael Lockshin⁵, Lisa Sammaritano⁵ and Medha Barbhaiya⁵, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Brooklyn, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Women with systemic rheumatic diseases (SRDs), and particularly those on immunosuppressive medications, are at increased risk for serious infections such as influenza and COVID-19.…
Abstract Number: 0794 • ACR Convergence 2025
Using Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Multilingual Qualitative Data in Lupus Pregnancy Research: A Proof of Concept with Large Language Models
Romina Boers¹, Grace Terry² and Bella Mehta³, ¹Weil Cornell Medicine, New York, ²Weil Cornell Medicine, Ne wYork, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Jersey City, NJ
Background/Purpose: Women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), particularly those of childbearing age, face heightened risks during pregnancy, including disease flares, adverse maternal-fetal outcomes, and emotional…
Abstract Number: 2204 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Novel Framework for Teratogenicity Counseling for Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) with Rheumatic Disease on Teratogenic Medications
Brittany Huynh¹, Elizabeth Pfeiffer² and Stacey Tarvin³, ¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Fishers, IN, ²Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, ³Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Prior studies demonstrate low levels of knowledge and reported counseling regarding teratogenicity among AYAs with rheumatic disease. The aim of this study was to…
Abstract Number: 2627 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Individuals with Rheumatic Diseases Using Prenatal Antirheumatic Drugs: a Population-Based Cohort Study
Shenthuraan Tharmarajah¹, Dharini Mahendira², Swaleh Hussain¹, Howard Berger³, Sara Guilcher⁴, Lisa McCarthy⁴ and Mina Tadrous¹, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ³St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are the primary class of drug therapies generally used to treat rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus…
Abstract Number: 0428 • ACR Convergence 2024
Placental Characteristics in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Pregnancies Resulting in Small for Gestational Age Infants
Rashmi Dhital¹, Marni Jacobs², Chelsey Smith³ and Mana Parast², ¹UC San Diego, Brentwood, TN, ²UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³UC San Diego, LA JOLLA, CA
Background/Purpose: About a quarter of pregnant individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have small for gestational age (SGA) infants. We aim to characterize placental pathology…
Abstract Number: 0451 • ACR Convergence 2024
Macrophages and Interferon Upregulation in Placentas from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Primary Sjögren’s Disease and Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Juan J. Fierro¹, Mirthe Schoots¹, Silvia Liefers¹, Berber Doornbos-van der Meer², Gilles Diercks¹, Hendrika Bootsma³, Jelmer R. Prins¹, Johanna Westra¹ and Karina de Leeuw⁴, ¹University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: SLE, primary Sjögren’s disease (pSjD) and APS are systemic rheumatic diseases (SRD) that mainly affect women of childbearing age and have been associated with…

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