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ACR/ARHP Poster Session B
College of Pharmacy, Austin, TX, 2 Scott and White Health
Plan, Temple, TX, 3 Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.,
Deerfield, IL
890. Total Health-Care Costs Among Gout Patients On
Allopurinol or Febuxostat. Brett W. Pinsky 1 , Bhavik J.
Pandya 2 , Gabriel Gomez Rey 3 and Jasvinder A. Singh 4 ,
1
Innovus, O’Fallon, MO, 2 Takeda Pharmaceuticals
International, Inc., Deerfield, IL, 3 Innovus, Eden Prairie, MN,
4
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
891. Serum Urate−Lowering Effectiveness of Febuxostat
Compared with Allopurinol and Switching to Febuxostat
From Allopurinol In the Real-World Setting. Bhavik J.
Pandya 1 , Brett W. Pinsky 2 , Gabriel Gomez Rey 3 and Jasvinder
A. Singh 4 , 1 Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.,
Deerfield, IL, 2 Innovus, O’Fallon, MO, 3 Innovus, Eden Prairie,
MN, 4 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
892. Multinational, Prospective, Observational Study to
Characterize and Assess the Burden of Refractory Gouty
Arthritis on Patients Over One Year: Global Baseline
Results. Pascal Lecomte 1 , Louis Bessette 2 , Alberto Ferreira 1 ,
Hans-Peter Goertz 1 , Paula Jones 3 and Jasvinder A. Singh 4 ,
1
Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, 2 CHUL, Quebec,
3
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ,
4
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
893. Frequency of Gouty Arthritis Attacks and Presence of
Comorbid Conditions Have An Impact on Gout-Related
Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs. Joseph J.
Saseen 1 , Neetu Agashivala 2 , Richard R. Allen 3 , Vahram
Ghushchyan 1 and Kavita V. Nair 1 , 1 University of Colorado,
Aurora, CO, 2 Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East
Hanover, NJ, 3 Peakstat Statistical Services, Evergreen, CO
894. Multinational, Prospective, Observational Study to
Characterize and Assess the Burden of Refractory Gouty
Arthritis on Patients Over One Year: US Baseline Results.
Pascal Lecomte 1 , Louis Bessette 2 , Alberto Ferreira 1 , Hans-
Peter Goertz 1 , Paula Jones 3 and Jasvinder Singh 4 , 1 Novartis
Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, 2 CHUL, Quebec, 3 Novartis
Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, 4 University
of Alabama and VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
895. Gout Characteristics, Health-Related Quality of Life and
Health Care Utilization: Caucasians Vs. Non-Caucasians
In An Observational Cohort of Patients with Gout. Puja
Khanna 1 , Jan Hirsch 2 , Susan J. Lee 3 , Robert Terkeltaub 4 ,
Jasvinder Singh 5 , Arthur F. Kavanaugh 6 , Andrew Sarkin 7 and
Dinesh Khanna 1 , 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,
2
Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences,
University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 3 Univ
of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 4 VA Medical Ctr, San
Diego, CA, 5 University of Alabama and VA Medical Center,
Birmingham, AL, 6 University of California San Diego, San
Diego, CA, 7 Health Services Research, University of California
San Diego, San Diego, CA
896. Ambulatory Resource Utilization for Gouty Arthritis and
Gouty Arthritis Attacks. Chenghui Li 1 , Bradley C. Martin 1 ,
Dosha F. Cummins 1 , L.M. Andrews 2 , Feride Frech-Tamas 2
and Anthony Yadao 2 , 1 University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences College of Pharmacy, Little Rock, AR, 2 Novartis
Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ
897. Health Care Resource Utilization Is Associated with Attack
Frequency in Patients with Gouty Arthritis. Prakash
Navaratnam 1 , Carl deMoor 1 , Michael Shaffer 2 , Paula
Chakravarti 3 , L.M. Andrews 3 and Anthony Yadao 3 , 1 DataMed
Solutions LLC, Hilliard, OH, 2 BioTrends Research Group LLC,
Exton, PA, 3 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East
Hanover, NJ
898. Hypertension, but Not Pre-Hypertension, Is Associated
with Incident Gout in White and Black, Men and Women
From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Mara
McAdams DeMarco 1 , Janet W. Maynard 2 , Alan N. Baer 2 and
Josef Coresh 1 , 1 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Baltimore, MD, 2 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
MD
899. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Sarcopenia Among
Community-Dwelling Older Women with High Frequency
of Overweight/Obesity. Diogo S. Domiciano 1 , Camille
Figueiredo 1 , Jaqueline B. Lopes 1 , Valéria Caparbo 1 , Liliam
Takayama 2 , Eloisa Bonfa 3 and Rosa M.R. Pereira 4 , 1 University
of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2 Faculdade de Medicina da
Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 3 Faculdade de
Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), Sao Paulo,
Brazil, 4 Disciplina de Reumatologia da FMUSP, Sao Paulo,
Brazil
900. Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines and Its
Relationship with Self-Rated Health Among Persons with
Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis. William M. Reichmann 1 , Jeffrey
N. Katz 2 , Sara A. Burbine 3 , Meghan E. Daigle 3 , Benjamin
N. Rome 3 , Alexander M. Weinstein 3 and Elena Losina 3 ,
1
Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, 2 Brigham &
Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, 3 Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston, MA
901. Do Climatological Changes Affect Arthritic Pain Severity
in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases K. Deftereou 1 ,
B. Haidich 2 , A. Benos 2 , M. Trachana 3 and A. Garyfallos 1 ,
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th Department of Internal Medicine,Medical School,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece,
2
Department of Hygiene, Medical School, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 3 1st
Department of Paediatrics, Medical School, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
902. Economic Burden of Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review
and Meta-Analysis. John B. Wong, Marcia P. Griffith and
Chenchen Wang, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
903. Bone Mineral Density Across Age and Gender in Navajo
People Compared to the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Surveys III: the Education and Research
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