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| Jie ZhangSummaryAffiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Country: USA Publications
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Generalized bone loss as a predictor of three-year radiographic damage in African American patients with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritisJie Zhang
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Arthritis Rheum 62:2219-26. 2010..To examine the association between baseline bone mineral density (BMD) and radiographic damage at 3 years of disease duration in a longitudinal cohort of African Americans with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...
Potential and pitfalls of using large administrative claims data to study the safety of osteoporosis therapiesJie Zhang
Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Comparative Effectiveness Research Training Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665 University Boulevard, RPHB 517B, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Curr Rheumatol Rep 13:273-82. 2011....
Possible protective effect of hydroxychloroquine on delaying the occurrence of integument damage in lupus: LXXI, data from a multiethnic cohortGuillermo J Pons-Estel
University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:393-400. 2010..To determine the features predictive of time to integument damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) from a multiethnic cohort (LUpus in MInorities, NAture versus nurture [LUMINA])...
Association between vaccination for herpes zoster and risk of herpes zoster infection among older patients with selected immune-mediated diseasesJie Zhang
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
JAMA 308:43-9. 2012..The safety and effectiveness of the vaccine are unclear for these patients...
Predictors of cardiovascular damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from LUMINA (LXVIII), a multiethnic US cohortGuillermo J Pons-Estel
Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Rheumatology (Oxford) 48:817-22. 2009..To determine the features predictive of atherosclerotic cardiovascular damage in patients with SLE...
Recent trends in hip fracture rates by race/ethnicity among older US adultsNicole C Wright
Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Bone Miner Res 27:2325-32. 2012..Further research is needed to understand mechanisms responsible for declining rates in some and not others, as hip fractures continue to be a major problem among the elderly...
Central DXA utilization shifts from office-based to hospital-based settings among medicare beneficiaries in the wake of reimbursement changesJie Zhang
Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
J Bone Miner Res 27:858-64. 2012..The reduction in DXA reimbursement was associated with a decrease in the number of DXAs performed in physician offices and fewer physician offices that provided DXA services...
Renal damage is the most important predictor of mortality within the damage index: data from LUMINA LXIV, a multiethnic US cohortMaria I Danila
Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Rheumatology (Oxford) 48:542-5. 2009..Damage accrual in SLE has been previously shown to be an independent predictor of mortality. We sought to discern which SLICC Damage Index (SDI) domains are the most important predictors of survival in SLE...
Thresholds in disease activity for switching biologics in rheumatoid arthritis patients: experience from a large U.S. cohortJie Zhang
University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 63:1672-9. 2011..To examine the threshold in disease activity associated with switching biologic treatment regimens in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in real-world clinical practice...
Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon in the conjunctiva: immunohistochemical analysisRussell W Read
Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am J Ophthalmol 140:262-6. 2005..To present two cases of conjunctival lesions exhibiting the Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon, each with different immunohistochemical findings...
The use, safety, and effectiveness of herpes zoster vaccination in individuals with inflammatory and autoimmune diseases: a longitudinal observational studyJie Zhang
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Arthritis Res Ther 13:R174. 2011....
Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of pragmatic clinical trials in older adults in the United StatesKenneth G Saag
Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics CERTs, Center for Outcomes Effectiveness Research and Education COERE, and Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences CCTS, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 33:1211-6. 2012..Testing and adaptation of such innovations to PCT are anticipated to improve the public health value of these increasingly important studies...
Long-term safety concerns of antiresorptive therapyJie Zhang
Health Services Comparative Effectiveness Research Training Program, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665 University Boulevard, RPHB 517B, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Rheum Dis Clin North Am 37:387-400, vi. 2011..This review summarizes studies examining the association between bisphosphonate use and these adverse outcomes, with a focus on large case series and controlled epidemiologic studies...
Features associated with, and the impact of, hemolytic anemia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: LX, results from a multiethnic cohortSergio Durán
University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
Arthritis Rheum 59:1332-40. 2008..To examine the clinical and genetic correlates of hemolytic anemia and its impact on damage accrual and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients...
