Tag: Arthritis: Rheumatoid
Pain, Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis Tied to Sitting, Standing Time
Longitudinal and bidirectional associations seen for pain and fatigue with more sedentary time, less standing time
FDA Approves First Interchangeable Biosimilar for Inflammatory Diseases
Cyltezo is first interchangeable monoclonal antibody for RA, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, chronic plaque psoriasis
Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis Have Bone Fragility
Findings seen for premenopausal women with systemic fragility at peripheral sites versus matched controls without rheumatoid arthritis
Gene Variant Tied to Risk for Interstitial Lung Disease in RA
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, lifetime risks for ILD were 16.8 percent for MUC5B carriers, 6.1 percent for noncarriers
Poverty Tied to Worse Functional Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Patients with lower socioeconomic status also have increased probability of functional decline in longitudinal analyses
Childhood Parental Smoking Linked to Adult-Onset RA
Association seen among women even after controlling for adult personal smoking, with strongest association among ever smokers
COVID-19 Vaccines Seem Safe in Rheumatic, Musculoskeletal Disease Patients
Disease flare requiring treatment reported in 11 percent following two-dose mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, with no reports of severe flare
Anti-SSA, Anti-SSB Antibodies Low in RA Patients Wishing to Conceive
Prevalence of autoantibodies low among patients wishing to conceive; prevalence higher among rheumatoid factor-positive patients
Risk Factors ID’d for VTE, ASCVD in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease increased twofold after unprovoked VTE in rheumatoid arthritis
RA Predictors ID’d in Undifferentiated Large Joint Arthritis
Autoantibody-positivity and subclinical synovitis are independent predictors of rheumatoid arthritis
