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 categories
2021
Association of Race and Ethnicity With COVID‐19 Outcomes in Rheumatic Disease: Data From the COVID‐19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Physician Registry
Gianfrancesco M, Leykina L, Izadi Z, Taylor T, Sparks J, Harrison C, Trupin L, Rush S, Schmajuk G, Katz P, Jacobsohn L, Hsu T, D’Silva K, Serling‐Boyd N, Wallwork R, Todd D, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Hausmann J, Liew J, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Wallace Z, Machado P, Robinson P, Yazdany J, Alliance T. Association of Race and Ethnicity With COVID‐19 Outcomes in Rheumatic Disease: Data From the COVID‐19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Physician Registry. Arthritis & Rheumatology 2021, 73: 374-380. PMID: 33146001, PMCID: PMC8467766, DOI: 10.1002/art.41567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRheumatic diseasesGeneral US populationRace/ethnicityVentilatory supportLatinx patientsOdds ratioUS populationCOVID-19Rheumatic disease activityRheumatic disease diagnosisOdds of hospitalizationAfrican American patientsAssociation of raceCOVID-19 outcomesPhysician registryCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19 hospitalizationMultivariable regression modelsSignificant health disparitiesNeeds of patientsInequitable health outcomesDisease activityHospitalized patientsMedication useWhite patients
2020
Airmen and health-care providers’ attitudes toward the use of genomic sequencing in the US Air Force: findings from the MilSeq Project
Pereira S, Hsu R, Islam R, Robinson J, Ramapriyan R, Sirotich E, Maxwell M, Majumder M, Blout C, Christensen K, Mehlman M, Parasidis E, Gardner C, Killian J, De Castro M, Green R, McGuire A. Airmen and health-care providers’ attitudes toward the use of genomic sequencing in the US Air Force: findings from the MilSeq Project. Genetics In Medicine 2020, 22: 2003-2010. PMID: 32807975, PMCID: PMC7710566, DOI: 10.1038/s41436-020-0928-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research