B O O K - American College of Rheumatology

ACR/ARHP Poster Session B
1022. Computed Tomographic Densitometry (CTD) for the Evaluation
of Interstitial Lung Fibrosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
Dimitrios A. Pappas 3 , Jon T. Giles 4 , Geoffrey Connors 2 , Noah
Lechtzin 2 , Joan M. Bathon 3 and Sonye Danoff 1 , 1 Division
of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD, 2 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns
Hopkins University, 3 Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD, 4 Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD.
1023. Cystatin C, Renal Function and Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid
Arthritis. Ratchaya Lertnawapan 2 , Aihua Bian 2 , Yong Hee Rho 2 ,
Vivian Kawai 2 , Paolo Raggi 1 , Annette Oeser 2 , Joseph Solus 2 ,
Tebeb Gebretsadik 2 , Ayumi Shintani 2 and Charles Michael Stein 2 ,
1
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2 Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
Nashville, TN.
1024. Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Communication around
Shared Decision Making among Patients with Rheumatoid
Arthritis. Jennifer L. Barton 1 , Laura Trupin 2 , Mary E.
Margaretten 1 , Laura J. Julian 5 , Jonathan D. Graf 1 , John Imboden 2 ,
Edward H. Yelin 4 and Dean Schillinger 3 , 1 UCSF, San Francisco, CA,
2
UCSF, 3 UCSF, Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco
General Hospital, 4 University of California, San Francisco, CA,
5
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
1025. Differences in the Autonomic Reactivity Pattern upon
Various Stressors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Olga
Malysheva 2 , Petra Baum 2 , Anke Voitzsch 1 and Christoph G. O.
Baerwald 2 , 1 University Hopital, Leipzig, Germany, 2 University
Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
1026. Disease Specific Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with
Rheumatic Diseases. Stefan Kleinert 2 , Margret Breunig 1 , Hans
Peter T. Tony 3 , Martin Feuchtenberger 4 , Stefanie Bouma 1 ,
Angermann E. Christiane 1 , Georg Ertl 1 and Stefan Stoerk 1 ,
1
Department of Cardiology, Med. Klinik 1 , University of
Wuerzburg, 2 Rheumatology / Clinical Immunology, Med. Klinik 2 ,
University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, 3 Rheumatology
/ Clinical Immunology, Med. Klinik 2 , University of Wuerzburg,
Wuerzburg, Germany, 4 Rheumatology / Clinical Immunology,
Med. Klinik 2 , University of Wuerzburg.
1027. Do Men and Women Cope Differently with Disease Impact of
Rheumatoid Arthritis, and If So, Why? Matthias Englbrecht 2 ,
Laure Gossec 1 , Anita DeLongis 3 , Tore K. Kvien 4 , Marieke
Scholte-Voshaar 6 , Tuulikki Sokka 5 and Schett Georg 2 , 1 APHP,
Rheumatology B Department, Paris Descartes University,
Medicine Faculty, Paris, France, 2 Department of Internal
Medicine 3 , University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen,
Germany, 3 Department of Psychology, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 4 Department of Rheumatology,
Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 5 Jyvaskyla Central
Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 6 Rheumatology, VU University
Medical Center and Jan van Breemen Institute, Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
1028. Effects of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor on Progression of
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Arterial Stiffness in
Rheumatoid Arthritis – A Randomized Controlled Trial. Lai-
Shan Tam 3 , Edmund K. Li 2 , Qing Shang 3 , Brian Tomlinson 3 , Vivian
W. Lee 3 , Kenneth K. Lee 3 , Martin Li 3 , Woon-Pang Kuan 1 , Tena K.
Li 3 , Lorraine Tseung 3 , Gabriel Yip 3 , Ben Freedman 4 and Cheuk-
Man Yu 3 , 1 Hospital Selayang, Malaysia, 2 The Chinese University
of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 3 The Chinese University of
Hong Kong, 4 University of Sydney.
1029. Elevated Prevalence of Hypothyroidism in Female
Inflammatory Arthritis Patients in Primary Care Amplifies
the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease. Hennie G.
Raterman 2 , Mark M. J. Nielen 1 , Mike J. L. Peters 2 , Robert A.
Verheij 1 , Francois G. Schellevis 1 and Michael T. Nurmohamed 2 ,
1
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL),
Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2 VU University Medical Center,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1030. Elevations in ApoC-III Containing Apolipoprotein Complexes
Predict Coronary Atherosclerosis Progression in Rheumatoid
Arthritis Patients. Joan M. Bathon 3 , Michael Centola 4 , Jon T.
Giles 2 , Nicholas Knowlton 5 , Joshua Wages 5 , Adam J. Payne 5 , Guy
Cavet 1 and Petar Alaupovic 5 , 1 Crescendo Biosciences, Inc., South
San Francisco, CA, 2 Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, 3 Johns
Hopkins Univ Ste, Baltimore, MD, 4 Oklahoma Med Research
Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 5 Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK.
1031. Factors Associated with Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal
Perforation in a Cohort of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Jeffrey R. Curtis 5 , Angel Lanas 4 , Winifred Werther 2 , Ani John 2 ,
David A. Johnson 1 and Kathy L. Schulman 3 , 1 Eastern Virginia
Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 2 Genentech, a Member of the
Roche Group, South San Francisco, CA, 3 Outcomes Research
Solutions, Inc. Bolton, MA, 4 Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza,
Spain, 5 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
1032. Fatigue in Inflammatory Arthritis: Clinical Characteristics, and
Contributory Factors Following 6-Months of Anti-TNF Therapy.
Patricia Minnock 1 , Barry Bresnihan 3 , Gabrielle McKee 2 , Oliver
FitzGerald 3 and Douglas Veale 3 , 1 Rheumatology Rehabilitation,
Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland,
2
School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin,
Ireland, 3 St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
1033. Favorable Changes in the Lipid Profile in the First Year of Early
Arthritis. Karin Britsemmer 1 , Dirkjan van Schaardenburg 1 ,
Willem F. Lems 2 and Michael T. Nurmohamed 1 , 1 Jan van
Breemen Institute Amsterdam, 2 VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam.
1034. Free Fatty Acids Are Associated with Insulin Resistance but
Not Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Michelle J. Ormseth 2 , Larry Swift 4 , Sergio Fazio 4 , MacRae F.
Linton 4 , Cecilia P. Chung 3 , Paolo Raggi 1 , Young-Hee Rho 2 , Joseph
Solus 4 , Annette M. Oeser 5 , Aihua Bian 4 , Tebeb Gebretsadik 4 ,
Ayumi Shintani 4 and C. Michael Stein 4 , 1 Emory University,
2
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 3 Vanderbilt University,
Baltimore, MD, 4 Vanderbilt University, 5 VUMC 23rd Ave South
Pierce, Nashville, TN.
1035. Gene-Environment Interaction Determines Interstitial
Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Jose Felix Restrepo 2 ,
Inmaculada del Rincon 4 , Ricardo Zuniga 3 , Samvel Pogosian 4 and
Agustin Escalante 1 , 1 Univ of Texas HSC San Antonio, San Antonio,
TX, 2 Univ of Texas HSC, San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 3 University
of Texas HSC, San Antonio, TX, 4 UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX.
1036. Glucocorticoid Use Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk
of Cerebrovascular Accidents in Patients with Rheumatoid
Arthritis. A Population-Based Study. Antonio Avina-Zubieta 1 ,
Michal Abrahamowicz 2 , Hyon K. Choi 4 , M. Mushfiqur Rahman 1 ,
Marie-Pierre Sylvestre 3 , John Esdaile 1 and Diane V. Lacaille 1 ,
1
Arthritis Res Centre of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada,
2
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill
University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3 Samuel Lunenfeld Research
Institute, 4 Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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