2022
Association Between Race/Ethnicity and COVID‐19 Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients From the United States: Data From the COVID‐19 Global Rheumatology Alliance
Ugarte‐Gil M, Alarcón G, Seet A, Izadi Z, Montgomery A, Duarte‐García A, Gilbert E, Valenzuela‐Almada M, Wise L, Sparks J, Hsu T, D'Silva K, Patel N, Sirotich E, Liew J, Hausmann J, Sufka P, Grainger R, Bhana S, Wallace Z, Jacobsohn L, Strangfeld A, Mateus E, Hyrich K, Gossec L, Carmona L, Lawson‐Tovey S, Kearsley‐Fleet L, Schaefer M, Machado P, Robinson P, Gianfrancesco M, Yazdany J. Association Between Race/Ethnicity and COVID‐19 Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients From the United States: Data From the COVID‐19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Arthritis Care & Research 2022, 75: 53-60. PMID: 36239292, PMCID: PMC9874592, DOI: 10.1002/acr.25039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusCOVID-19 outcomesRace/ethnicitySevere COVID-19 outcomesSystemic lupus erythematosus patientsImmunosuppressive drug useLupus erythematosus patientsCOVID-19 severityUS general populationLogistic regression modelsOrdinal logistic regression modelsGlucocorticoid doseDisease activityPandemic time periodSD ageLupus erythematosusPossible confoundersSevere outcomesMultivariable modelHigher oddsGeneral populationPatientsDrug useHealth disparitiesOutcome categoriesCharacteristics associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance
Ugarte-Gil M, Alarcón G, Izadi Z, Duarte-García A, Reátegui-Sokolova C, Clarke A, Wise L, Pons-Estel G, Santos M, Bernatsky S, Ribeiro S, Al Emadi S, Sparks J, Hsu T, Patel N, Gilbert E, Valenzuela-Almada M, Jönsen A, Landolfi G, Fredi M, Goulenok T, Devaux M, Mariette X, Queyrel V, Romão V, Sequeira G, Hasseli R, Hoyer B, Voll R, Specker C, Baez R, Castro-Coello V, Ficco H, Neto E, Ferreira G, Monticielo O, Sirotich E, Liew J, Hausmann J, Sufka P, Grainger R, Bhana S, Costello W, Wallace Z, Jacobsohn L, Taylor T, Ja C, Strangfeld A, Mateus E, Hyrich K, Carmona L, Lawson-Tovey S, Kearsley-Fleet L, Schäfer M, Machado P, Robinson P, Gianfrancesco M, Yazdany J. Characteristics associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases 2022, 81: 970-978. PMID: 35172961, PMCID: PMC8882632, DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221636.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusCOVID-19 outcomesSevere outcomesDisease activityLupus erythematosusHigher SLE disease activityActive systemic lupus erythematosusMultivariable ordinal logistic regression modelsSevere COVID-19 outcomesPoor COVID-19 outcomesSLE disease activitySex-adjusted modelsMore severe outcomesCOVID-19 severityCOVID-19Logistic regression modelsOrdinal logistic regression modelsPrednisone doseMale sexGlobal RegistryWorse outcomesMultivariable modelCurrent treatmentComorbiditiesOlder age
2021
COVID-19 in women with rheumatic disease who are pregnant: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance
Bermas B, Gianfrancesco M, Tanner H, Seet A, Aguiar M, Al Adhoubi N, Al Emadi S, Cunha B, Flood R, Kusevich D, McCarthy E, Patel N, Ruderman E, Sattui S, Sciascia S, Siddique F, Valenzuela-Almada M, Wise L, Worthing A, Zell J, Bhana S, Costello W, Duarte-Garcia A, Grainger R, Gossec L, Hausmann J, Hyrich K, Lawson-Tovey S, Liew J, Sirotich E, Sparks J, Sufka P, Wallace Z, Machado P, Strangfeld A, Clowse M, Yazdany J, Robinson P. COVID-19 in women with rheumatic disease who are pregnant: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. The Journal Of Rheumatology 2021, 49: 110-114. PMID: 34470798, DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRheumatic diseasesPregnant womenPregnancy outcomesObstetric detailsCOVID-19Combination of antimalarialsRheumatic disease diagnosisLopinavir/ritonavirSystemic lupus erythematosusCases of patientsCOVID-19 infectionCoronavirus disease 2019Time of infectionCOVID-19 diagnosisTime of reportAntiphospholipid syndromeInflammatory arthritidesPreterm birthLupus erythematosusMedian ageTerm birthsRheumatoid arthritisSupplemental oxygenArthritis/Medication treatmentImmediate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient health, health-care use, and behaviours: results from an international survey of people with rheumatic diseases
Hausmann J, Kennedy K, Simard J, Liew J, Sparks J, Moni T, Harrison C, Larché M, Levine M, Sattui S, Semalulu T, Foster G, Surangiwala S, Thabane L, Beesley R, Durrant K, Mateus E, Mingolla S, Nudel M, Palmerlee C, Richards D, Liew D, Hill C, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Machado P, Robinson P, Sufka P, Wallace Z, Yazdany J, Sirotich E, Alliance C, Robinson P, Bhana S, Liew J, Sufka P, Singh N, Howard R, Kim A, Westrich-Robertson T, Sirotich E, Tsui E, Duarte-Garcia A, Sparks J, Tam H, Jayatilleke A, Konig M, Graef E, Putman M, Syed R, Korsten P, Mateus E, Sattui S, Wallace Z, Laura U, Adam K, Chock Y, White D, Zamora G, Traboco L, Patel A, Grainger R, Ugarte-Gil M, Gianfrancesco M, Amigues I, Sanchez-Alvarez C, Trupin L, Jacobsohn L, Beesley R, Hoyer B, Machado P, Makan K, Gossec L, Priyank C, Leipe J, Wallace B, Angeles-Han S, Almaghlouth I, Katherine W, Padula A, Berenbaum F, Treemarcki E, Sinha R, Lewandowski L, Webb K, Young K, Bulina I, Uribe S, Rubinstein T, Nolan M, Ang E, Venuturupalli S, Hausmann J, Dubreuil M, Pisoni C, Cosatti M, Campos J, Simard J, Conway R, Peterson T, Harrison C, Felix C, Richards D, Proulx L, Akpabio A, Worthing A, Laidlaw L, Reid P, Palmerlee C, Danila M, Sahar L, Linh N, Agarwal A, Studenic P, Liew D, Larche M, Mingolla S, Zamora E, Angevare S, Sinha R, Durrant K, Peirce A, Somers E, Cappelli L, Frankel B, Kumar B, Krupnikova S, Vega J, Frankovich J, Fernandez-Ruiz R, Velásquez M, Yeoh S, Marino M, Nudel M, Scott C, Rodríguez C, Mancheño A, Seo P, Gamboa-Cárdenas R, Pimentel-Quiroz V, Reátegui-Sokolova C, Kihara M, Lin C, Kattula D, Laila G, Carmona L, Wallace J, Yazdany J, Costello W, Gore-massy M, Tomasella L, Kodek M. Immediate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient health, health-care use, and behaviours: results from an international survey of people with rheumatic diseases. The Lancet Rheumatology 2021, 3: e707-e714. PMID: 34316727, PMCID: PMC8298011, DOI: 10.1016/s2665-9913(21)00175-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRheumatic disease diagnosisRheumatic diseasesHealth care accessCOVID-19 diagnosisNon-inflammatory rheumatic diseasesSARS-CoV-2 exposureAdults age 18 yearsCOVID-19 pandemicRheumatic disease activityAutoimmune rheumatic diseasesSystemic lupus erythematosusHealth care useAge 18 yearsCOVID-19 exposurePatient experience surveysProtective behaviorsPublic health advicePatient support organisationsAntirheumatic medicationsMedication affordabilityDisease activityComplete responseLupus erythematosusRheumatoid arthritisSjögren's syndrome
2020
Characteristics associated with Covid-19 in patients with Rheumatic Disease in Latin America: data from the Covid-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry
Ugarte-Gil M, Marques C, Alpizar-Rodriguez D, Pons-Estel G, Xibille-Friedmann D, Paiva E, Zamora-Tehozol E, Gamboa-Cárdenas R, Quintana R, Rodriguez-Reyna T, Sepúlveda A, Gianfrancesco M, Evans M, Wallace Z, Sirotich E, Omedo E, Hausmann J, Alarcón G, Robinson P, Yazdany J. Characteristics associated with Covid-19 in patients with Rheumatic Disease in Latin America: data from the Covid-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry. Global Rheumatology 2020 DOI: 10.46856/grp.10.e003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOdds ratioRheumatic diseasesConfidence intervalsCharacteristics of patientsSystemic lupus erythematosusMultivariable logistic regressionFrequent rheumatic diseasesCOVID-19 diagnosisVentilatory supportLupus erythematosusRheumatoid arthritisDisease featuresPatientsLogistic regressionCOVID-19T-testMortalityDiseaseGroupErythematosusComorbiditiesHospitalizationArthritisRegistryPhysicians