2018
AB0538 Increased body mass index may not be a risk factor for the development of lupus nephritis
Chock Y, Danve A, School of Medicine O, Petri M, Fu W. AB0538 Increased body mass index may not be a risk factor for the development of lupus nephritis. Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases 2018, 77: 1425. DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-eular.4524.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSystemic lupus erythematosusBody mass indexChronic kidney diseaseLow disease activityLupus nephritisSLE patientsDisease activityComplement levelsMass indexAvailable body mass indexBiopsy-proven lupus nephritisLow-grade inflammatory stateElevated body mass indexRetrospective cross-sectional studyFirst BMI measurementRisk of nephritisCategorical variablesHigher leptin levelsCross-sectional studyHigher complement levelsChi-square testLupus CohortCohort entryObese patientsACR criteria
2015
Demographics, clinical disease characteristics, and quality of life in a large cohort of psoriasis patients with and without psoriatic arthritis
Truong B, Rich-Garg N, Ehst B, Deodhar A, Ku J, Vakil-Gilani K, Danve A, Blauvelt A. Demographics, clinical disease characteristics, and quality of life in a large cohort of psoriasis patients with and without psoriatic arthritis. Clinical Cosmetic And Investigational Dermatology 2015, Volume 8: 563-569. PMID: 26622188, PMCID: PMC4639475, DOI: 10.2147/ccid.s90270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsoriatic arthritisClinical disease characteristicsConcomitant PsAPsO patientsSystemic therapyQuality of lifeLarge cohortPsA patientsDisease characteristicsQOL scoresSevere diseasePatient Index Data 3Patient-reported QoL dataBody surface area involvementMean body surface areaPrevalence of PsASurface area involvementShort Form-12Body mass indexPatient-reported questionnairePsoriatic nail changesPatient-reported dataBody surface areaCommon skin diseaseWorse QoL scores