Thread by @rheum_cat

#ACR22 abstracts - some cool work from my colleagues

🌟Abs 0965 @RheumEpi
🦋🤰pregnancy outcomes in a diverse SLE cohort
database: KPNC 🔗Obstetric Database
n=494 SLE pts; 744 pregnancies

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@RheumEpi Abs 0965 cont'd
Demographics of this diverse SLE cohort: 28% Asian, 24% White, 12% Black, 26% Hispanic

🏥95% had seen rheum
💊82% had been prescribed HCQ

👶 66% hadlive births

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@RheumEpi 🌟Abs 1217 @epi_lola @RheumEpi
chronic overlapping pain conditions in rheumatology

single center rheum clinic, 2010-2020
n=5992 (specific rheum conditions)

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@RheumEpi @epi_lola 📌What are chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs)?
👉 chronic pain conditions that appear to co-occur in the same individuals

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35872631/

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@RheumEpi @epi_lola Abs 1217 cont'd
In this sample >50% had at least 1 COPC dx

COPC prevalence highest in:
>Sjogren's (vs other RMDs in this study)
>Black individuals (vs other race categories)
>those on public insurance (vs other insurance types)

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@RheumEpi @epi_lola 🌟Abs 1546 @SattuiSEMD
Descriptive study of PMR in #RISE, including characterization of treatment patterns

PMR n=23,125 (age>=50 AND >=2 ICD codes)

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@RheumEpi @epi_lola @SattuiSEMD Abs 1546 cont'd

💊At 12-24m f/u: >50% remained on GCs

💊Steroid sparing treatment prescriptions (MTX, HCQ): low

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@RheumEpi @epi_lola @SattuiSEMD 🌟Abs 0444 @SattuiSEMD
frailty & vasculitis

data from: VPPRN - VascStrong
📬survey with n=328 respondents

💪Frailty defined with FRAIL scale

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@RheumEpi @epi_lola @SattuiSEMD Abs 0444 cont'd

📊Prevalence of frailty 22%, pre-frailty 42%

In MVA, factors a/w frailty: female, overweight/obese

📈Future work: trajectory analyses

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