Publications

Publications (refereed articles) (published)

1. Garg R, Sayre EC, Pataky R, McTaggart-Cowan H, Peacock S, Loree JM, McKenzie M, Brown CJ, Yeung SST, De Vera MA. Direct Medical Spending on Young and Average-Age Onset Colorectal Cancer before and after Diagnosis: a Population-Based Costing Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Jan 9;33(1):72-79. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-23-0498.

2. Patterson ED, Elliott C, Dhaliwal G, Sayre EC, White NJ. Risk Factors for the Development of Persistent Scaphoid Non-Union After Surgery for an Established Non-Union. Hand (N Y). 2024 Jan 9:15589447231219523. doi: 10.1177/15589447231219523. Online ahead of print.

3. Howren A, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA, Puyat JH, Da Costa D, Xie H, Davidson E, De Vera MA. "What came first?" Population-based evaluation of health care encounters for depression and anxiety before and after inflammatory arthritis diagnosis: Disentangling the relationship between mental health and arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2024 Jan 8. doi: 10.1002/acr.25294. Online ahead of print.

4. Vergouwen M, Tarcea A, Van Essen D, Sayre EC, White NJ. FROST 2.0: Factors Predicting Orthopaedic Trauma Volumes - A Validation Study. Injury. 2023 Dec;54(12):111111. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.111111.

5. Moskven E, Banaszek D, Sayre EC, Gara A, Bryce E, Wong T, Ailon T, Charest-Morin R, Dea N, Dvorak MF, Fisher CG, Kwon BK, Paquette S, Street JT. Effectiveness of prophylactic intranasal photodynamic disinfection therapy and chlorhexidine gluconate body wipes for surgical site infection prophylaxis in adult spine surgery. Can J Surg. 2023 Nov 15;66(6):E550-E560. doi: 10.1503/cjs.016922. Print 2023 Nov-Dec.

6. Hunt MA, Tse CTF, Ryan MB, Scott A, Sayre EC. Clinically-accessible and laboratory-derived predictors of biomechanical response to standalone and supported lateral wedge insoles in people with knee osteoarthritis. J Foot Ankle Res. 2023 Oct 26;16(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s13047-023-00671-7.

7. Luong CL, Behnami D, Liao Z, Yeung DF, Tsang MYC, Van Woudenberg N, Gin K, Sayre EC, Jue J, Nair P, Hawley D, Abolmaesumi P, Tsang TSM. Machine learning derived echocardiographic image quality in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: insights on the echo views of greatest image quality. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Jul;39(7):1313-1321. doi: 10.1007/s10554-023-02802-4.

8. Yim J, Tsang MYC, Venkataraman A, Balthazaar S, Gin K, Jue J, Nair P, Luong C, Yeung DF, Moss R, Virani SA, McKay J, Williams M, Sayre EC, Abolmaesumi P, Tsang TSM. Cardiac Phenotyping of SARS-CoV-2 in British Columbia: A Prospective Echo Study With Strain Imaging. J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Jul;31(3):125-132. doi: 10.4250/jcvi.2022.0120.

9. Parkinson KM, Sayre EC, Tobe SW. Evaluation of visual acuity in dry AMD patients after microcurrent electrical stimulation. Int J Retina Vitreous. 2023 Jun 18;9(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s40942-023-00471-y.

10. Nedopil AJ, Greidanus NV, Garbuz DS, Howard LC, Sayre EC, Masri BA. The Desired Oxford Knee Score Obtained Before Total Knee Arthroplasty is Predictive of the Postoperative Oxford Knee Score: A Prospective Study. J Arthroplasty. 2023 Jan;38(1):60-64. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2022.08.002.

11. Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Singer J, Wong H, Thorne A, Cibere J. Magnetic resonance imaging predictors (cartilage, osteophytes and meniscus) of prevalent and 3-year incident medial and lateral tibiofemoral knee joint tenderness and patellofemoral grind. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Dec 2;23(1):1048. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-06033-x.

12. Rak D, Nedopil AJ, Sayre EC, Masri BA, Rudert M. Postoperative Inpatient Rehabilitation Does Not Increase Knee Function after Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Pers Med. 2022 Nov 21;12(11):1934. doi: 10.3390/jpm12111934.

13. Gill J, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Association between statins and progression of osteoarthritis features on magnetic resonance imaging in a predominantly pre-radiographic cohort: the Vancouver Longitudinal Study of Early Knee Osteoarthritis (VALSEKO): a cohort study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Oct 28;23(1):937. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05900-x.

14. Howren A, Sayre EC, Choi HK, Avina-Zubieta JA, Shojania K, Park JY, De Vera MA. Onset of depression and anxiety among patients with gout after diagnosis: a population-based incident cohort study. BMC Rheumatol. 2022 Oct 3;6(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s41927-022-00288-6.

15. Kopec JA, Heath AJ, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Li LC, Marra CA, Liu RR, Esdaile JM. Prevalence of joint-specific osteoarthritis and joint pain in British Columbia, Canada. Rheumatol Int. 2022 Sep;42(9):1623-1628. doi: 10.1007/s00296-021-05031-x.

16. Farooq A, Brown CJ, Sayre EC, Raval MJ, Loree JM, Garg R, De Vera MA. Patterns of Healthcare Utilization Leading to Diagnosis of Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer (yCRC): Population-Based Case-Control Study. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Aug 31;14(17):4263. doi: 10.3390/cancers14174263.

17. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Li LC, Wong H, Okhmatovskaia A, Esdaile JM. Reducing the burden of low back pain: results from a new microsimulation model. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Aug 23;23(1):804. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05747-2.

18. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Shams B, Li LC, Xie H, Feehan LM, Esdaile JM. The Impact of 51 Risk Factors on Life Expectancy in Canada: Findings from a New Risk Prediction Model Based on Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 23;19(15):8958. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19158958.

19. Marozoff S, Mai A, Dehghan N, Sayre EC, Choi HK, Avina-Zubieta JA. Increased risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis: A population-based study. PLoS One. 2022 Jun 17;17(6):e0270142. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270142. eCollection 2022.

20. Yim J, Chang SA, Yeung DF, Sayre EC, Gin K, Jue J, Nair P, Tsang MYC, Luong C, Tsang TSM. Quantification of pleural effusions by two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. J Echocardiogr. 2023 Mar;21(1):33-39. doi: 10.1007/s12574-022-00586-5.

21. Darabian S, Wade JP, Kur J, Wade SD, Sayre EC, Badii M. Using FibroScan to Assess for the Development of Liver Fibrosis in Arthritis Patients on Methotrexate: A Single-Centre Experience. J Rheumatol. 2022 Jun;49(6):558-565. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.211281.

22. Van Essen D, Vergouwen MM, Sayre EC, White NJ. Orthopaedic trauma on the weekend: Longer surgical wait times, and increased after-hours surgery. Injury. 2022 Jun;53(6):1999-2004. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.03.010.

23. Howren A, Sayre EC, Cheng V, Oveisi N, McTaggart-Cowan H, Peacock S, De Vera MA. Risk of Anxiety and Depression after Diagnosis of Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Curr Oncol. 2022 Apr 27;29(5):3072-3081. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29050249.

24. Moghaddam B, Marozoff S, Li L, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. All-cause and cause-specific mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus: a population-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Dec 24;61(1):367-376. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab362.

25. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Okhmatovskaia A, Cibere J, Li LC, Bansback N, Wong H, Ghanbarian S, Esdaile JM. A comparison of three strategies to reduce the burden of osteoarthritis: A population-based microsimulation study. PLoS One. 2021 Dec 8;16(12):e0261017. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261017. eCollection 2021.

26. Amiri N, De Vera M, Choi HK, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Corrigendum to: Increased risk of cardiovascular disease in giant cell arteritis: a general population-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Dec 1;60(12):5882. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab299.

27. Luong C, Saboktakin Rizi S, Gin K, Jue J, Yeung DF, Tsang MYC, Sayre EC, Tsang TSM. Prevalence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction by single echocardiographic view: towards an evidence-based point of care cardiac ultrasound scanning protocol. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Nov 2;38(4):751-8. doi: 10.1007/s10554-021-02460-4.

28. Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Singer J, Wong H, Thorne A, Cibere J. A whole-joint, unidimensional, irreversible, and fine-grained MRI knee osteoarthritis severity score, based on cartilage, osteophytes and meniscus (OA-COM). PLoS ONE. 2021 Oct 14;16(10): e0258451. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258451

29. Vergouwen MM, Samuel TL, Sayre EC, White NJ. FROST: Factors Predicting Orthopaedic Trauma Volumes. Injury. 2021 Oct;52(10):2871-2878. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.02.076.

30. Chin PYK, Regan WD, Plausinis D, Zarzour ZD, Leung F, Sasyniuk TM, Lim B, Sayre EC. Two-year results of a multi-centre, randomized controlled trial comparing a second-generation uncemented trabecular metal-backed versus cemented polyethylene glenoid component in total shoulder arthroplasty. Bone Jt Open. 2021 Sep;2(9):728-736. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.29.BJO-2021-0073.R1.

31. Howren A, Sayre EC, Loree JM, Gill S, Brown CJ, Raval MJ, Farooq A, De Vera MA. Trends in the Incidence of Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer With a Focus on Years Approaching Screening Age: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2021 Jul 1;113(7):863-868. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaa220.

32. Rai SK, Choi HK, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Corrigendum to: Risk of myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke in adults with polymyositis and dermatomyositis: a general population-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Jun 18;60(6):3035. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab298.

33. Salmasi S, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA, Esdaile JM, De Vera MA. Adherence to Antimalarial Therapy and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population-Based Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 May;73(5):702-706. doi: 10.1002/acr.24147.

34. Yazdani K, Nikoo M, Sayre EC, Choi F, Jang K, Krausz RM. The impact of employment on recovery among individuals who are homeless with severe mental illness in the Vancouver At Home/Chez Soi trial. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2020 Dec;55(12):1619-1627. doi: 10.1007/s00127-020-01887-9.

35. Howren A, Rebic N, Sayre EC, Tsao NW, Amiri N, Baldwin C, De Vera MA. Perinatal exposure to conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in women with rheumatic disease and neonatal outcomes: a population-based study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020 Nov-Dec;38(6):1080-1087.

36. Jong BY, MacDonald PB, Regan WD, Leiter JR, Sayre EC, Sasyniuk TM, Goel DP. Perceived vs. true glenoid anchor placement: a cadaveric comparison of the beach chair and lateral position. JSES Int. 2020 Nov 24;5(1):66-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jseint.2020.09.012. eCollection 2021 Jan.

37. Cheung A, Tu L, Manouchehri N, Kim KT, So K, Webster M, Fisk S, Tigchelaar S, Dalkilic SS, Sayre EC, Streijger F, Macnab A, Kwon BK, Shadgan B. Continuous Optical Monitoring of Spinal Cord Oxygenation and Hemodynamics during the First Seven Days Post-Injury in a Porcine Model of Acute Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Nov 1;37(21):2292-2301. doi: 10.1089/neu.2020.7086.

38. Eidi H, Yoo J, Bairwa SC, Kuo M, Sayre EC, Tomljenovic L, Shaw CA. Early postnatal injections of whole vaccines compared to placebo controls: Differential behavioural outcomes in mice. J Inorg Biochem. 2020 Nov;212:111200. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111200.

39. Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Singer J, Wong H, Thorne A, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Specific manifestations of knee osteoarthritis predict depression and anxiety years in the future: Vancouver Longitudinal Study of Early Knee Osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2020 Jul 16;21(1):467. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03496-8.

40. Rebic N, Sayre EC, Zusman EZ, Amiri N, Baldwin C, De Vera MA. Perinatal use and discontinuation of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and biologics in women with rheumatoid arthritis: a cohort study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Jul 1;59(7):1514-1521. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez478.

41. Li L, McCormick N, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D, Xie H, Choi HK, Avina-Zubieta JA. Trends of venous thromboembolism risk before and after diagnosis of gout: a general population-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 May 1;59(5):1099-1107. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez398.

42. Saad El Din K, Loree JM, Sayre EC, Gill S, Brown CJ, Dau H, De Vera MA. Trends in the epidemiology of young-onset colorectal cancer: a worldwide systematic review. BMC Cancer. 2020 Apr 6;20(1):288. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-06766-9.

43. Shadgan B, Macnab A, Fong A, Manouchehri N, So K, Shortt K, Streijger F, Cripton PA, Sayre EC, Dumont GA, Pagano R, Kim KT, Kwon BK. Optical Assessment of Spinal Cord Tissue Oxygenation Using a Miniaturized Near Infrared Spectroscopy Sensor. J Neurotrauma. 2019 Nov 1;36(21):3034-3043. doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.6208.

44. Zusman EZ, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA, De Vera MA. Patterns of medication use before, during and after pregnancy in women with systemic lupus erythematosus: a population-based cohort study. Lupus. 2019 Sep;28(10):1205-1213. doi: 10.1177/0961203319863111.

45. Mcguire K, Avina-Zubieta JA, Esdaile JM, Sadatsafavi M, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Lacaille D. Risk of Incident Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 May;71(5):602-610. doi: 10.1002/acr.23410.

46. Avina-Zubieta JA, Chan J, De Vera M, Sayre EC, Choi H, Esdaile J. Risk of venous thromboembolism in ankylosing spondylitis: a general population-based study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Apr;78(4):480-485. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214388.

47. Tsao NW, Lynd LD, Sayre EC, Sadatsafavi M, Hanley G, De Vera MA. Use of biologics during pregnancy and risk of serious infections in the mother and baby: a Canadian population-based cohort study. BMJ Open. 2019 Feb 20;9(2):e023714. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023714.

48. Chin C, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Esdaile JM, Kopec J, Thorne A, Singer J, Wong H, Cibere J. Quadriceps Weakness and Risk of Knee Cartilage Loss Seen on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Population-based Cohort with Knee Pain. J Rheumatol. 2019 Feb;46(2):198-203. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.170875.

49. Cibere J, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Esdaile JM, Thorne A, Singer J, Wong H, Kopec JA, Sayre EC. Association of Knee Effusion Detected by Physical Examination With Bone Marrow Lesions: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses of a Population-Based Cohort. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 Jan;71(1):39-45. doi: 10.1002/acr.23575.

50. Tan JA, Choi HK, Xie H, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Avina-Zubieta JA. All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Patients With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: A Population-Based Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 Jan;71(1):155-163. doi: 10.1002/acr.23587.

51. Stewart M, Cibere J, Sayre EC, Kopec JA. Efficacy of commonly prescribed analgesics in the management of osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatol Int. 2018 Nov;38(11):1985-1997. doi: 10.1007/s00296-018-4132-z.

52. Schmidt TJ, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Quality of care for cardiovascular disease prevention in rheumatoid arthritis: compliance with hyperlipidemia screening guidelines. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 Oct 1;57(10):1789-1794. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/key164.

53. Schmidt TJ, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Compliance with Diabetes Screening Guidelines. J Rheumatol. 2018 Oct;45(10):1367-1374. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.170973.

54. Feehan LM, Geldman J, Sayre EC, Park C, Ezzat AM, Yoo JY, Hamilton CB, Li LC. Accuracy of Fitbit Devices: Systematic Review and Narrative Syntheses of Quantitative Data. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018 Aug 9;6(8):e10527. doi: 10.2196/10527.

55. Tsao NW, Sayre EC, Hanley G, Sadatsafavi M, Lynd LD, Marra CA, De Vera MA. Risk of preterm delivery and small-for-gestational-age births in women with autoimmune disease using biologics before or during pregnancy: a population-based cohort study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Jun;77(6):869-874. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213023.

56. Li LC, Sayre EC, Xie H, Falck RS, Best JR, Liu-Ambrose T, Grewal N, Hoens AM, Noonan G, Feehan LM. Efficacy of a Community-Based Technology-Enabled Physical Activity Counseling Program for People With Knee Osteoarthritis: Proof-of-Concept Study. J Med Internet Res. 2018 Apr 30;20(4):e159. doi: 10.2196/jmir.8514.

57. Li LC, Shaw CD, Lacaille D, Yacyshyn E, Jones CA, Koehn C, Hoens AM, Geldman J, Sayre EC, Macdonald GG, Leese J, Bansback N. Effects of a Web-Based Patient Decision Aid on Biologic and Small-Molecule Agents for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From a Proof-of-Concept Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2018 Mar;70(3):343-352. doi: 10.1002/acr.23287.

58. Keng A, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Esdaile JM, Thorne A, Singer J, Kopec JA, Cibere J. Association of body mass index with knee cartilage damage in an asymptomatic population-based study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2017 Dec 8;18(1):517. doi: 10.1186/s12891-017-1884-7.

59. Li LC, Feehan LM, Shaw C, Xie H, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubeita A, Grewal N, Townsend AF, Gromala D, Noonan G, Backman CL. A technology-enabled Counselling program versus a delayed treatment control to support physical activity participation in people with inflammatory arthritis: study protocol for the OPAM-IA randomized controlled trial. BMC Rheumatol. 2017 Nov 28;1:6. doi: 10.1186/s41927-017-0005-4. eCollection 2017.

60. Avina-Zubieta JA, Jansz M, Sayre EC, Choi HK. The Risk of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in Primary Sjφgren Syndrome: A General Population-based Study. J Rheumatol. 2017 Aug;44(8):1184-1189. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.160185.

61. Kopec JA, Cibere J, Li LC, Zhang C, Barber M, Qian H, Wong H, Steininger G, Prlic H, Simatovic J, Ratzlaff C, Sayre EC, Ye J, Forster BB, Esdaile JM; IMPAKT-HIP Study Team. Relationship between physical activity and hip pain in persons with and without cam or pincer morphology: a population-based case-control study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2017 Jul;25(7):1055-1061. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2017.02.795.

62. Li LC, Sayre EC, Xie H, Clayton C, Feehan LM. A Community-Based Physical Activity Counselling Program for People With Knee Osteoarthritis: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of the Track-OA Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2017 Jun 26;5(6):e86. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.7863.

63. Avina-Zubieta JA, To F, Vostretsova K, De Vera M, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM. Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A General Population-Based Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Jun;69(6):849-856. doi: 10.1002/acr.23018.

64. Lacaille D, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M. Improvement in 5-year mortality in incident rheumatoid arthritis compared with the general population-closing the mortality gap. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Jun;76(6):1057-1063. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209562.

65. Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Singer J, Thorne A, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Associations between MRI features versus knee pain severity and progression: Data from the Vancouver Longitudinal Study of Early Knee Osteoarthritis. PLoS One. 2017 May 4;12(5):e0176833. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176833.

66. Rai SK, Avina-Zubieta JA, McCormick N, De Vera MA, Lacaille D, Sayre EC, Choi HK. Trends in Gout and Rheumatoid Arthritis Hospitalizations in Canada From 2000 to 2011. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 May;69(5):758-762. doi: 10.1002/acr.23012.

67. Rai SK, Avina-Zubieta JA, McCormick N, De Vera MA, Shojania K, Sayre EC, Choi HK. The rising prevalence and incidence of gout in British Columbia, Canada: Population-based trends from 2000 to 2012. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2017 Feb;46(4):451-456. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2016.08.006.

68. Kopec JA, Russell L, Sayre EC, Rahman MM. Self-Reported Ability to Walk, Run, and Lift Objects among Older Canadians. Rehabil Res Pract. 2017;2017:1921740. doi: 10.1155/2017/1921740.

69. Avina-Zubieta JA, Mai A, Amiri N, Dehghan N, Ann Tan J, Sayre EC, Choi HK. Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Patients With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener's): A Population-Based Study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016 Nov;68(11):2752-2759. doi: 10.1002/art.39762.

70. Poole AR, Ha N, Bourdon S, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Cibere J. Ability of a Urine Assay of Type II Collagen Cleavage by Collagenases to Detect Early Onset and Progression of Articular Cartilage Degeneration: Results from a Population-based Cohort Study. J Rheumatol. 2016 Oct;43(10):1864-1870.

71. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Fines P, Flanagan WM, Nadeau C, Okhmatovskaia A, Wolfson MC; Simulation Technology for Applied Research Team. Effects of Reductions in Body Mass Index on Future Osteoarthritis Burden in Canada: A Population-Based Microsimulation Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Aug;68(8):1098-105. doi: 10.1002/acr.22796.

72. Hung A, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Thorne A, Singer J, Wong H, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Association of body mass index with incidence and progression of knee effusion on magnetic resonance imaging and on knee examination. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Apr;68(4):511-6. doi: 10.1002/acr.22714.

73. Avina-Zubieta JA, Man A, Yurkovich M, Huang K, Sayre EC, Choi HK. Early Cardiovascular Disease After the Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis. Am J Med. 2016 Mar;129(3):324-31. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.10.037.

74. Rai SK, Choi HK, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Risk of myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke in adults with polymyositis and dermatomyositis: a general population-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 Mar;55(3):461-9. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev336.

75. Schoenfeld SR, Choi HK, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. The risk of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis in systemic sclerosis: A general population-based study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Feb;68(2):246-53. doi: 10.1002/acr.22673.

76. Amiri N, De Vera MA, Choi HK, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Increased risk of cardiovascular disease in giant cell arteritis: a general population-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 Jan;55(1):33-40. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev262.

77. Avina-Zubieta JA, Bhole VM, Amiri N, Sayre EC, Choi HK. The risk of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in giant cell arteritis: a general population-based study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Jan;75(1):148-54. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205665.

78. Carruthers EC, Choi HK, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Risk of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in individuals with polymyositis and dermatomyositis: a general population-based study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Jan;75(1):110-6. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205800.

79. Avina-Zubieta JA, Vostretsova K, De Vera MA, Sayre EC, Choi HK. The risk of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: A general population-based study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2015 Oct;45(2):195-201. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.05.008.

80. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Rogers P, Davis AM, Badley EM, Anis AH, Abrahamowicz M, Russell L, Rahman MM, Esdaile JM. Multiattribute health utility scoring for the computerized adaptive measure CAT-5D-QOL was developed and validated. J Clin Epidemiol. 2015 Oct;68(10):1213-1220.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.03.020.

81. Zong JY, Leese J, Klemm A, Sayre EC, Memetovic J, Esdaile JM, Li LC. Rheumatologists' Views and Perceived Barriers to Using Patient Decision Aids in Clinical Practice. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Oct;67(10):1463-70. doi: 10.1002/acr.22605.

82. Avina-Zubieta JA, Bhole VM, Amiri N, Sayre EC, Choi HK. Response to: 'Venous thromboembolic events in systemic vasculitis' by Novikov et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Mar;74(3):e28. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206853.

83. Liang MH, Couto MC, Duarte CC, Gall V, White P, Naides S, Schumacher HR Jr, Hwang AS, Holers VM, Deane KD, Gupta S, Ho IC, Finckh A, Kopec J, Choi CB, Sayre EC. An Internet-based technique for the identification of persons with symptoms of inflammatory polyarthritis of less than 12 weeks. Clin Rheumatol. 2015 Mar;34(3):465-70. doi: 10.1007/s10067-014-2796-7.

84. Crema MD, Cibere J, Sayre EC, Roemer FW, Wong H, Thorne A, Singer J, Esdaile JM, Marra MD, Kopec JA, Nicolaou S, Guermazi A. The relationship between subchondral sclerosis detected with MRI and cartilage loss in a cohort of subjects with knee pain: the knee osteoarthritis progression (KOAP) study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2014 Apr;22(4):540-6. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2014.01.006.

85. Maksymowych WP, Cibere J, Loeuille D, Weber U, Zubler V, Roemer FW, Jaremko JL, Sayre EC, Lambert RG. Preliminary validation of 2 magnetic resonance image scoring systems for osteoarthritis of the hip according to the OMERACT filter. J Rheumatol. 2014 Feb;41(2):370-8. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.131083.

86. Davis EM, Lynd LD, Grubisic M, Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Esdaile J, Marra CA. Responsiveness of health state utility values in knee osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. 2013 Dec;40(12):2075-82. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.130176.

87. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Davis AM, Badley EM, Abrahamowicz M, Pouchot J, Sherlock L, Esdaile JM. Development of a paper-and-pencil semi-adaptive questionnaire for 5 domains of health-related quality of life (PAT-5D-QOL). Qual Life Res. 2013 Dec;22(10):2829-42. doi: 10.1007/s11136-013-0419-4.

88. Sayre EC, Singer J, Thorne A, Wong H, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Does moderate or severe nonspecific knee injury affect radiographic osteoarthritis incidence and progression? BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013 Oct 28;14(1):309. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-309.

89. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Schwartz TA, Renner JB, Helmick CG, Badley EM, Cibere J, Callahan LF, Jordan JM. Occurrence of radiographic osteoarthritis of the knee and hip among african americans and whites: a population-based prospective cohort study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Jun;65(6):928-35. doi: 10.1002/acr.21924.

90. Hunt MA, Pollock CL, Kraus VB, Saxne T, Peters S, Huebner JL, Sayre EC, Cibere J. Relationships amongst osteoarthritis biomarkers, dynamic knee joint load, and exercise: results from a randomized controlled pilot study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013 Mar 27;14:115. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-115.

91. Avina-Zubieta JA, Abrahamowicz M, De Vera MA, Choi HK, Sayre EC, Rahman MM, Sylvestre MP, Wynant W, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Immediate and past cumulative effects of oral glucocorticoids on the risk of acute myocardial infarction in rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2013 Jan;52(1):68-75. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes353.

92. Sharif B, Kopec JA, Wong H, Fines P, Sayre EC, Liu RR, Wolfson MC. Uncertainty Analysis in Population-Based Disease Microsimulation Models. Epidemiology Research International, vol. 2012, Article ID 610405, 14 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/610405.

93. Crema MD, Guermazi A, Sayre EC, Roemer FW, Wong H, Thorne A, Singer J, Esdaile JM, Marra MD, Kopec JA, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. The association of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-detected structural pathology of the knee with crepitus in a population-based cohort with knee pain: the MoDEKO study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2011 Dec;19(12):1429-32. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.

94. Li LC, Sayre EC, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Bar S, Cibere J. Quality of nonpharmacological care in the community for people with knee and hip osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. 2011 Oct;38(10):2230-7. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.110264.

95. Cibere J, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Thorne A, Singer J, Wong H. Natural history of cartilage damage and osteoarthritis progression on magnetic resonance imaging in a population-based cohort with knee pain. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2011 Jun;19(6):683-8. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.02.008.

96. Ip S, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Wong H, Thorne A, Singer J, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Cibere J. Frequency of bone marrow lesions and association with pain severity: results from a population-based symptomatic knee cohort. J Rheumatol. 2011 Jun;38(6):1079-85. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.100587.

97. Rahman MM, Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Greidanus NV, Aghajanian J, Anis AH, Cibere J, Jordan JM, Badley EM. Effect of sociodemographic factors on surgical consultations and hip or knee replacements among patients with osteoarthritis in British Columbia, Canada. J Rheumatol. 2011 Mar;38(3):503-9. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.100456.

98. Kopec JA, Fines P, Manuel DG, Buckeridge DL, Flanagan WM, Oderkirk J, Abrahamowicz M, Harper S, Sharif B, Okhmatovskaia A, Sayre EC, Rahman MM, Wolfson MC. Validation of population-based disease simulation models: a review of concepts and methods. BMC Public Health. 2010 Nov 18;10:710. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-710.

99. Sayre EC, Jordan JM, Cibere J, Murphy L, Schwartz TA, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Rahman MM, Aghajanian J, Kang W, Badley EM, Kopec JA. Quantifying the association of radiographic osteoarthritis in knee or hip joints with other knees or hips: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatol. 2010 Jun;37(6):1260-5. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.091154.

100. Sayre EC, Li LC, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Bar S, Cibere J. The effect of disease site (knee, hip, hand, foot, lower back or neck) on employment reduction due to osteoarthritis. PLoS One. 2010 May 3;5(5):e10470. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010470.

101. Li LC, Hurkmans EJ, Sayre EC, Vliet Vlieland TP. Continuing professional development is associated with increasing physical therapists' roles in arthritis management in Canada and the Netherlands. Phys Ther. 2010 Apr;90(4):629-42. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20080409.

102. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Flanagan WM, Fines P, Cibere J, Rahman MM, Bansback NJ, Anis AH, Jordan JM, Sobolev B, Aghajanian J, Kang W, Greidanus NV, Garbuz DS, Hawker GA, Badley EM. Development of a population-based microsimulation model of osteoarthritis in Canada. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2010 Mar;18(3):303-11. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.10.010.

103. Li LC, Moja L, Romero A, Sayre EC, Grimshaw JM. Nonrandomized quality improvement intervention trials might overstate the strength of causal inference of their findings. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;62(9):959-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.10.008.

104. Li LC, Westby MD, Sutton E, Thompson M, Sayre EC, Casimiro L. Canadian physiotherapists' views on certification, specialisation, extended role practice, and entry-level training in rheumatology. BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Jun 2;9:88. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-88.

105. Sayre EC, Bunting PS, Kopec JA. Reliability of self-report versus chart-based prostate cancer, PSA, DRE and urinary symptoms. Can J Urol. 2009 Feb;16(1):4463-71.

106. Kopec JA, Sayre EC. ROC area discrimination (ROCAD) curve: a new method of evaluating the discriminating ability of ordinal scales. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;61(10):997-1003.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.11.016.

107. Kopec JA, Rahman MM, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Flanagan WM, Aghajanian J, Anis AH, Jordan JM, Badley EM. Trends in physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis incidence in an administrative database in British Columbia, Canada, 1996-1997 through 2003-2004. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Jul 15;59(7):929-34. doi: 10.1002/art.23827.

108. Kopec JA, Badii M, McKenna M, Lima VD, Sayre EC, Dvorak M. Computerized adaptive testing in back pain: validation of the CAT-5D-QOL. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 May 20;33(12):1384-90. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181732a3b.

109. Jackson ML, Bassett K, Nirmalan PV, Sayre EC. Contrast sensitivity and visual hallucinations in patients referred to a low vision rehabilitation clinic. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 Mar;91(3):296-8.

110. Kopec JA, Rahman MM, Berthelot JM, Le Petit C, Aghajanian J, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Anis AH, Badley EM. Descriptive epidemiology of osteoarthritis in British Columbia, Canada. J Rheumatol. 2007 Feb;34(2):386-93.

111. Garbuz DS, Xu M, Sayre EC. Patients' outcome after total hip arthroplasty: a comparison between the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities index and the Oxford 12-item hip score. J Arthroplasty. 2006 Oct;21(7):998-1004.

112. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Davis AM, Badley EM, Abrahamowicz M, Sherlock L, Williams JI, Anis AH, Esdaile JM. Assessment of health-related quality of life in arthritis: conceptualization and development of five item banks using item response theory. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2006 Jun 2;4:33.

113. Kopec JA, Sayre EC. Stressful experiences in childhood and chronic back pain in the general population. Clin J Pain. 2005 Nov-Dec;21(6):478-83.

114. Kopec JA, Goel V, Bunting PS, Neuman J, Sayre EC, Warde P, Levers P, Fleshner N. Screening with prostate specific antigen and metastatic prostate cancer risk: a population based case-control study. J Urol. 2005 Aug;174(2):495-9; discussion 499.

115. Kopec JA, Sayre EC. Work-related psychosocial factors and chronic pain: a prospective cohort study in Canadian workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2004 Dec;46(12):1263-71.

116. Kopec JA, Sayre EC. Traumatic experiences in childhood and the risk of arthritis: a prospective cohort study. Can J Public Health. 2004 Sep-Oct;95(5):361-5.

117. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM. Predictors of back pain in a general population cohort. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2004 Jan 1;29(1):70-7; discussion 77-8.

Publications (refereed articles) (submitted)

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Abstracts (published/accepted)

118. Prlic HM, Sayre EC, Xie H, Ojo D, Tan J, Li LC, Lacaille D, Avina-Zubieta JA, Esdaile JM, Cibere J. Osteoarthritis and cognitive function: A population-based cross-sectional study. 2024 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, February 28 - March 2, 2024.

119. Wang E, Chan A, Lendvoy K, Canesco M, Sayre EC, Koehn C, Fox TL. Health Literacy in Arthritis Care in Canada: The Perspective of Bipoc Individuals Across Age Categories. 2024 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, February 28 - March 2, 2024.

120. Howren A, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA, Puyat JH, Da Costa D, Xie H, Gupta A, De Vera MA. Evaluation of the Receipt of Adequate Pharmacological and Psychological Treatment for Incident Depression and Anxiety in Individuals Living with Inflammatory Arthritis. American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence 2023, San Diego, USA, November 10-15, 2023.

121. Moskven E, Sayre EC, Bryce E, Wong T, Ailon T, Charest-Morin R, Dea N, Dvorak M, Fisher C, Kwon B, Paquette S, Street J. The Impact and Cost-Analysis of Prophylactic Intranasal Photodynamic Disinfection Therapy (nPDT) and Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Body Wipes on Postoperative Surgical Site Infection in Adult Spine Surgery. 2023 Canadian Orthopaedic Association / Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society (COA/CORS) Annual Meeting, Calgary, AB, Canada, June 21-24, 2023.

122. Patterson E, Elliott C, Dhaliwal G, Sayre EC, White N. SNURF: Recurrent Scaphoid Non-Union Risk Factors. 2023 Canadian Orthopaedic Association / Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society (COA/CORS) Annual Meeting, Calgary, AB, Canada, June 21-24, 2023.

123. De Vera MA, Sayre EC, Rebic N. Group-based trajectories of adherence to anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) agents: A population-based longitudinal study. 2023 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Milan, Italy, May 31 - June 3, 2023.

124. Rebic N, Sayre EC, Law M, De Vera MA. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adherence to disease modifying drugs among patients with rheumatic diseases: A population-based, interrupted time series analysis. 2023 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Milan, Italy, May 31 - June 3, 2023.

125. Wang E, Chan A, Lendvoy K, Sayre EC, Canseco M, Koehn CL, Fox TL. Inequities in Arthritis Care in Canada: An intersectional analysis of BIPOC women. 2023 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Milan, Italy, May 31 - June 3, 2023.

126. McGuire E, Luquini A, Sayre EC, Lacaille D. Determinants of Depression Among Individuals with Inflammatory Arthritis. 2023 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Quebec, QC, Canada, February 8-11, 2023.

127. Wang E, Chan A, Lendvoy KSF, Canseco M, Sayre EC, Koehn CL, Fox TL. Inequities in Arthritis Care in Canada: The Black, Indigenous and Person of Colour (BIPOC) Experience. 2023 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Quebec, QC, Canada, February 8-11, 2023.

128. Brar S, Tsang TS, Gin K, Jue J, Luong C, Nair P, Sayre EC, Tsang MY, Yeung DF. Speckle tracking RV global longitudinal strain for prediction of pulmonary hypertension. 2022 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC/CCSC) Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 27-30, 2022.

129. Van Essen D, Vergouwen MM, Sayre EC, White NJ. Patterns in orthopaedic trauma volumes, after-hours surgery, and wait times: a retrospective study comparing weekdays and weekends. 2022 Canadian Orthopaedic Association / Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society (COA/CORS) Annual Meeting, Quebec, QC, Canada, June 8-11, 2022.

130. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Li LC, Wong H, Okhmatovskaia A, Esdaile JM. Reducing the burden of low back pain: results from a new microsimulation model. 2022 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 1-4, 2022.

131. Van Essen D, Vergouwen MM, Sayre EC, White NJ. The effect of weekends on orthopaedic trauma volumes, after-hours surgery, and patient wait times. 12th Annual Leaders in Medicine Research Symposium, Calgary, AB, Canada, Nov 26, 2021.

132. Joshi M, Chan A, Lima A, Lendvoy K, Sayre EC, Koehn CL. Arthritis Patient Perspectives on Virtual Care for People Living with Arthritis During the COVID-19 Pandemic and for the Future. 2021 American College of Rheumatology (ARC) Convergence, Virtual Meeting, Nov 3-9, 2021.

133. Yim J, Tsang MY, Venkataraman A, Balthazaar S, Gin K, Jue J, Nair P, Luong C, Yeung DF, Moss R, Levin A, Virani SA, William M, Sayre EC, Abolmaesumi P, Tsang TSM. Cardiac Phenotyping of SAR-COV-2 in BC: A Prospective Echo Study with Strain Imaging. 2021 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) Annual Scientific Meeting, Quebec, QC, Canada, Oct 21 - 24, 2021.

134. Tsang MY, Ginsberg T, Dezaki FT, Jafari MH, Luong CL, Yeung DF, Gin KG, Jue J, Nair P, Sayre EC, Abolmaesumi P, Tsang TSM. Machine Learning-Empowered Echocardiography for Assessment of Aortic Stenosis. 2021 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual Experience, June 18 - 21, 2021.

135. Joshi M, Chan A, Lima A, Lendvoy K, Sayre EC, Koehn CL. Canadian Arthritis Patient Perspectives on Virtual Care for People Living with Arthritis During the COVID-19 Pandemic and for the Future. 2021 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual Meeting, May 15-19, 2021.

136. Zhang Y, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Association of knee effusion on MRI with the development and progression of flexion contractures. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2021 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Virtual Meeting, April 29 - May 1, 2021.

137. Yim J, Tsang MYC, Venkataraman A, Balthazaar S, Gin K, Jue J, Nair P, Luong C, Yeung DF, Moss R, Levin A, Virani SA, William M, Sayre EC, Tsang TSM. Cardiac Phenotyping of SAR-COV-2 in BC: A Prospective Echo Study with Strain Imaging. Canadian Society of Echocardiography (CSE) 2021 Virtual Echo Weekend, April 17-18, 2021.

138. Cibere J, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Wong H, Singer J, Thorne A, Sayre EC. Prediction model for progression to different fine-grained MRI-based osteoarthritis severity states: The Vancouver Longitudinal Study of Early Knee Osteoarthritis. American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence 2020: The ACR's All-Virtual Annual Meeting, November 5-9, 2020.

139. Kopec J, Sayre EC, Shams B, Li L, Xie H, Feehan L, Esdaile J. Development and preliminary validation of a novel risk and life expectancy calculator. 41st Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB), Krakow, Poland, August 23-27, 2020.

140. Chin P, Regan WD, Plausinis DJA, Zarzour Z, Leung F, Sasyniuk T, Lim BK, Sayre EC. A Multi-Centre, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing A Second-Generation Uncemented Trabecular Metal-backed vs Cemented Polyethylene Glenoid Component in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Two-year Results. 2020 Canadian Orthopaedic Association / Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society (COA/CORS) Annual Meeting, Halifax, NS, Canada, June 3-6, 2020.

141. Gill J, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Cibere J. The Association between Statin Use and the Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The Vancouver Longitudinal Study of Early Knee Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2020 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Vienna, Austria, April 30 - May 3, 2020.

142. Nanditha NGA, Dong X, McLinden T, Sereda P, Sayre EC, Kopec JA, Hogg R, Montaner J, Lima VD. Open the window! An administrative-data exploration of observation windows to capture chronic comorbidities among people living with HIV. 2020 International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases (IWHOD), Sitges, Spain, March 26-28, 2020.

143. Hahn T, Sayre EC, Goycochea-Robles MV, Lacaille D. Adherence to Statin Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: a Population-Based Cohort Study. 2020 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada, February 26-29, 2020.

144. Hahn T, Sayre EC, Goycochea-Robles MV, Lacaille D. Adherence to Statin Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: a Population-Based Cohort Study. 2019 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 8-13, 2019.

145. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Okhmatovskaia A, Cibere J, Li LC, Bansback N, Wong H, Esdaile JM. Impact of Hypothetical Changes in the Use of Analgesics on the Burden of Osteoarthritis: A Population-based Microsimulation Study. 2019 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 8-13, 2019.

146. Li L, Lu N, Sayre EC, Xie H, Lacaille D, Esdaile JM, Avina-Zubieta JA. The Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Psoriatic Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis, a Population-based Study. 2019 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 8-13, 2019.

147. Li L, Xie H, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Associated with the Use of Glucocorticoids in Patients with Incident Systemic Lupus Erytematosus: a Population-based Study. 2019 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 8-13, 2019.

148. Szlachetka T, Li LC, Liu-Ambrose T, Xie H, Sayre EC, Lacaille D. Determinants of cognitive function in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. 2019 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 8-13, 2019.

149. Yeoh JCW, Chin P, Regan WD, Lim BK, Sasyniuk T, Sayre EC. Outcomes and Metal Debris in Second-Generation Porous Tantalum Metal-Backed Glenoid Anatomic Shoulder Arthroplasties. 2019 International Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Societies, Montreal, QC, Canada, June 19-22, 2019.

150. Kim H, Li L, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. All-cause and Cause-specific Mortality Trend in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Population-Based Study. 2019 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Madrid, Spain, June 12-15, 2019.

151. Luquini A, Lacaille D, Sayre EC, Schnurr-Howsam R. Identifying determinants of presenteeism in workers with inflammatory arthritis. 2019 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Madrid, Spain, June 12-15, 2019.

152. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Li LC, Bansback N, Wong H, Esdaile JM. Use of pain medication among persons with osteoarthritis in Canada. 2019 World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO), Paris, France, April 4-7, 2019.

153. Kim H, Li L, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. All-cause and Cause-specific Mortality Trend in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Population-Based Study. 2019 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada, February 27 - March 2, 2019.

154. Luquini ALP, Schnurr-Howsam R, Sayre EC, Lacaille D. Identifying determinants of presenteeism in workers with inflammatory arthritis. 2019 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada, February 27 - March 2, 2019.

155. Wade AN, De Vera MA, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Pregnancy Outcomes Pre and Post Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 39th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, USA, February 11-16, 2019.

156. De Vera MA, Tsao NW, Sayre EC, Howren A. Exposure to Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs during Pregnancy in Women with Inflammatory Arthritis and the Risk of Serious Maternal Infection: A Population-Based Cohort Study. 2018 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, October 19–24, 2018.

157. Jorge A, Lu L, Sayre EC, Haag H, Esdaile JM, De Vera MA, Choi HK, Avina-Zubieta JA. Increased Mortality Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus After Hydroxychloroquine Discontinuation. 2018 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, October 19–24, 2018.

158. Wade AN, De Vera MA, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Pregnancy Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematous and Pre-Systemic Lupus Erythematous: A Population-Based Cohort Study. 2018 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, October 19–24, 2018.

159. Widdifield J, Bernatsky S, Huang A, Paterson M, Sayre EC, Lacaille D. After how long of disease duration does the increased mortality risk appear in rheumatoid arthritis? A distributed data analysis comparing mortality in two Canadian provinces. 2018 International Population Data Linkage Conference (IPDLN), Banff, AB, Canada, September 12-14, 2018.

160. Jones CA, Guy P, Xie H, Sayre EC, Diane Lacaille. Incidence of Hip Fracture in Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to General Population Controls: a Population-Based Study. 2018 Canadian Orthopaedic Association / Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society (COA/CORS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada, June 20-23, 2018.

161. De Vera MA, Sayre EC, Tsao NW, Howren A. Risk of major congenital malformations associated with exposure to conventional synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in women with inflammatory arthritis: a population-based cohort study. 2018 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 13-16, 2018.

162. Donaldson M, Kobza A, Beaton DE, Xie H, Sayre EC, Gignac MAM, Lacaille D. Predictive validity of presenteeism measures with dual answer keys in inflammatory arthritis. 2018 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 13-16, 2018.

163. Tsao NW, Sayre EC, Howren A, De Vera1 MA. Perinatal exposure to disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in women with inflammatory arthritis and the risk of small-for-gestational-age newborns: a population-based cohort study. 2018 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 13-16, 2018.

164. Widdifield J, Bernatsky S, Huang A, Sayre EC, Paterson M, Lacaille D. After how long of disease duration does the increased mortality risk appear in recent onset rheumatoid arthritis? 2018 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 13-16, 2018.

165. Donaldson M, Kobza A, Beaton D, Xie H, Sayre EC, Gignac M, Lacaille D. Predictive Validity of Presenteeism Measures With Dual Answer Keys in Inflammatory Arthritis. 2018 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 21-24, 2018.

166. Jones CA, Guy P, Xie H, Sayre EC, Diane Lacaille. Incidence of Hip Fracture in Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to General Population Controls: a Population-Based Study. 2018 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 21-24, 2018.

167. Jones CA, Guy P, Xie H, Sayre EC, Diane Lacaille. Mortality post hip fracture in Rheumatoid Arthritis compared to general population controls, a population-based study. 2018 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 21-24, 2018.

168. Stewart M, Cibere J, Sayre EC, Kopec JA. Efficacy of Commonly Prescribed Analgesics in the Management of Osteoarthritis: A Literature Review. 2018 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 21-24, 2018.

169. Bartels W, Sayre EC, Rogers P, Lacaille D. Transition in work status and quality of life in people with inflammatory arthritis. 2017 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, November 4–8, 2017.

170. Jones CA, Guy P, Xie H, Sayre EC, Lacaille D. Incidence of Hip Fracture in Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to General Population Controls, a Population-Based Study. 2017 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, November 4–8, 2017.

171. Jones CA, Guy P, Xie H, Sayre EC, Lacaille D. Mortality Post Hip Fracture in Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to General Population Controls, a Population-Based Study. 2017 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, November 4–8, 2017.

172. Li LC, Sayre EC, Grewal N, Chien J, Noonan G, Falck R, Best J, Liu-Ambrose T, Hoens A, Gray V, Tsui K, Watson W, Feehan LM. Efficacy of a Wearable-enabled Physical Activity Counselling Program for People with Knee Osteoarthritis. 2017 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, November 4–8, 2017.

173. Tsao NW, Sayre EC, Sadatsafavi M, Avina-Zubieta JA, Ensworth S, De Vera MA. Risk of Preterm Delivery Associated with Perinatal Exposure to DMARDs in Women with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Population-based Cohort Study. 2017 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, November 4–8, 2017.

174. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Li LC, Wong H, Bansback N, Esdaile JM. Health-related quality of life and total knee or hip replacement in persons with osteoarthritis: A case-control study. 21st International Epidemiology Association World Congress of Epidemiology, Saitama, Japan, August 19-22, 2017.

175. Li L, McCormick N, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D, Xie H, Choi HK, Avina-Zubieta JA. Temporal trends of venous thromboembolism risk before and after diagnosis of gout: a general population-based study. 2017 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Madrid, Spain, June 14-17, 2017.

176. Moghaddam B, Avina Zubieta JA, Sayre EC. All-cause, Cardiovascular and Malignancy Related Mortality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): A Population-Based Study. 2017 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Madrid, Spain, June 14-17, 2017.

177. So ACL, Chan J, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Cerebrovascular Accident in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A General Population-based Study. 2017 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Madrid, Spain, June 14-17, 2017.

178. Sharif B, Marshall DA, Faris P, Kopec JA, Guermazi A, Sayre EC, Cibere J. Development of Predictive Models for 7-year Whole-joint Multi-feature MRI Score among a Population-based Early Knee Osteoarthritis Cohort: Results from the VALSEKO study. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2017 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Las Vegas, NV, USA, April 27-30, 2017.

179. Dou C, Rebane J, Sayre EC, Feehan LM, Hoens A, Esdaile JM, Li LC. Evaluating the Associations Between Motivation and Physical Activity Participation in People with Knee Osteoarthritis. 2017 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Canada, February 8-11, 2017.

180. Huang K, Sadatsafavi M, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Avina-Zubieta JA. Smoke and (In)flame: risk of COPD in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. 2017 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Canada, February 8-11, 2017.

181. Li LC, Shaw C, Lacaille D, Yacyshyn E, Jones CA, Adam PM, Koehn C, Hoens A, Geldman J, Sayre EC, Bansback N. Effects of a Web-based Patient Decision Aid on Biologics for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Proof-of-Concept Study. 2017 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Canada, February 8-11, 2017.

182. Ramsden S, Li LC, Sayre EC, Backman C, Feehan LM. Examining the Role of Sleep on Fatigue in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. 2017 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Canada, February 8-11, 2017.

183. Li LC, Shaw C, Lacaille D, Yacyshyn E, Jones CA, Adam PM, Koehn C, Hoens A, Geldman J, Goldsmith CH, Sayre EC, Bansback N. Effects of a Web-Based Patient Decision Aid on Biologics for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Proof-of-Concept Study. 2016 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, November 11–16, 2016.

184. Rai SK, Avina-Zubieta JA, McCormick N, De Vera MA, Shojania K, Sayre EC, Choi HK. Trends in Gout and Rheumatoid Arthritis Hospitalizations in Canada from 2000-2011. 2016 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, November 11–16, 2016.

185. Kopec JA, Russell L, Sayre EC, Rahman MM. How to Measure the Burden of Symptoms that Fluctuate over Time. Qual Life Res 2016;Supplement:AXX. 23rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Copenhagen, Denmark, October 19-22, 2016.

186. Belvedere LM, Choi HK, Dehghan N, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Improved survival in giant cell arthritis: a population-based study. 2016 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), London, England, June 8-11, 2016.

187. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Li LC, Bansback N, Wong H, Rahman MM, Esdaile JM. Trends in osteoarthritis incidence in British Columbia, Canada, 2001-2012. 2016 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), London, England, June 8-11, 2016.

188. Li L, Belvedere LM, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Improved survival in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: a general population-based study. 2016 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), London, England, June 8-11, 2016.

189. Bardi M, Shojania K, Kur J, Watterson J, Hiltz M, Manhas K, Roth J, Sayre EC, Li LC, Oliver C, Collins D. CRUS Control: A Retrospective Analysis of a Canadian Rheumatology Ultrasound Clinic: Preliminary Results. 2016 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Lake Louise, AB, Canada, February 17-20, 2016.

190. McGuire K, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): A Population Based Study. 2016 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Lake Louise, AB, Canada, February 17-20, 2016.

191. Rai SK, Avina-Zubieta JA, McCormick N, De Vera MA, Shojania K, Hughes GA, Sayre EC, Choi HK. The Rising Prevalence and Incidence of Gout in British Columbia, Canada. 2016 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Lake Louise, AB, Canada, February 17-20, 2016.

192. Schmidt TJ, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A population based cohort study. 2016 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Lake Louise, AB, Canada, February 17-20, 2016.

193. Chin C, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Thorne A, Singer J, Wong H, Cibere J. Quadriceps Muscle Weakness and the Risk of Knee Cartilage Loss on MRI in a Population-Based Cohort with Knee Pain. 2015 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 6–11, 2015.

194. De Vera MA, Sayre EC, Tsao NW, Avina-Zubieta JA. Perinatal Patterns of Medication Use in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Study. 2015 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 6–11, 2015.

195. Huang S, Sayre EC, Cibere J. Factors Associated with Physical Therapy Use in Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Results from a Population-Based Study. 2015 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 6–11, 2015.

196. Lacaille D, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M. Improvement in Mortality in RA Compared to the General Population - Closing the Mortality Gap. 2015 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 6–11, 2015.

197. McGuire K, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population Based Cohort Study. 2015 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 6–11, 2015.

198. Rai SK, Avina-Zubieta JA, McCormick N, De Vera MA, Shojania K, Sayre EC, Choi HK. The Rising Incidence and Prevalence of Gout in British Columbia, Canada. 2015 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 6–11, 2015.

199. Tan J, Choi HK, Rai SK, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Improve Survival in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Population-Based Study. 2015 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 6–11, 2015.

200. Vostretsova K, Rai SK, Sayre EC, Choi HK, Esdaile JM, Avina-Zubieta JA. Improved Survival in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population-Based Study. 2015 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 6–11, 2015.

201. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Fines P, Okhmatovskaia A, Flanagan WM, Wolfson MC. Time Trends in the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 Attributes in the General Population of Canada, 2000-2010. Qual Life Res 2015;Supplement:AXX. 22nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 21-24, 2015.

202. Rai SK, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Avina-Zubieta JA. The Risk of Mortality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A General Population Based Cohort Study. 11th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Vienna, Austria, September 2-6, 2015.

203. Sayre EC, Kopec JA. User-friendly Software to Advance Microsimulation: SimYouLate. 5th World Congress of the International Microsimulation Association (IMA), Esch-sur-Alzette, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, September 2-4, 2015.

204. Kopec JA, Li LC, Zhang C, Barber M, Qian H. Wong H, Prlic H, Ratzlaff C, Cibere J, Sayre EC, Ye J, Forster B, Esdaile JM on behalf of the IMPAKT-HIP Study Team. Relationship between physical activity and hip pain in persons with and without femoroacetabular impingement: A population-based case-control study. 2015 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Rome, Italy, June 10-13, 2015.

205. Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Wong H, Singer J, Thorne A, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Associations between Knee Pain Severity and Progression versus MRI features: the Vancouver Longitudinal Study of Early Knee OA. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2015 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Seattle, WA, USA, April 30 - May 3, 2015.

206. Schmidt TJ, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A population based cohort study. 2015 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Quebec, QC, Canada, February 4-7, 2015.

207. Schmidt TJ, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in RA: Compliance Lipid Screening Guidelines. 2015 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Quebec, QC, Canada, February 4-7, 2015.

208. Schmidt TJ, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Prevention in RA: Compliance with Diabetes Screening Guidelines. 2015 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Quebec, QC, Canada, February 4-7, 2015.

209. Amiri N, Dehghan N, Sayre EC, Shojania K, Avina-Zubieta JA. Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Cerebrovascular Accidents after Diagnosis of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A General Population-Based Cohort Study. 2014 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, November 14–19, 2014.

210. Amiri N, Sadatsafavi M, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Avina-Zubieta JA. Increased Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A General Population-Based Study. 2014 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, November 14–19, 2014.

211. De Vera MA, Sayre EC, Baldwin C, Galo J, Avina-Zubieta JA. Patterns of Medication Use before, during, and after Pregnancy Among Women with Systematic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population-Based Study. 2014 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, November 14–19, 2014.

212. Schmidt TJ, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in RA: Compliance Lipid Screening Guidelines. 2014 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, November 14–19, 2014.

213. Schmidt TJ, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Prevention in RA: Compliance with Diabetes Screening Guidelines. 2014 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, November 14–19, 2014.

214. Vostretsova K, Carruthers EC, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Avina-Zubieta JA. Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis: A General Population-Based Cohort Study. Accepted for presentation at the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting. 2014 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, November 14–19, 2014.

215. Yurkovich M, Choi HK, Sayre EC, Shojania K, Avina-Zubieta JA. Increased Risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in Sjφgren’s Syndrome: A General Population-Based Cohort Study. 2014 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, November 14–19, 2014.

216. Kopec JA, Russell L, Sayre EC, Rahman MM. Measuring Physical Abilities by Self-Report: An Approach Based on the Activity Space Model. Qual Life Res 2014;Supplement:AXX. 21st Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Berlin, Germany, October 15-18, 2014.

217. Kopec JA, Heath A, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Li LC, Marra C, Liu R, Esdaile JM. Prevalence of joint pain and self-reported osteoarthritis in British Columbia, Canada. 2014 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Paris, France, June 11-14, 2014.

218. Li LC, Kopec JA, Wong H, Qian H, Cibere J, Sayre EC, Zhang C, Barber M, Ye J, Prlic H, Esdaile JM. Prevalence of femoroacetabular impingement in Caucasians compared to Chinese in Vancouver, Canada: a population-based study. 2014 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Paris, France, June 11-14, 2014.

219. Yurkovich M, Sadatsafavi M, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Avina-Zubieta JA. Elevated risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in systemic lupus erythematosus: a population-based study. 2014 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Paris, France, June 11-14, 2014.

220. Yurkovich M, Sayre EC, Shojania K, Avina-Zubieta JA. The risk of myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident in patients with Sjogren's syndrome: a general population-based cohort study. 2014 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Paris, France, June 11-14, 2014.

221. Agha M, Yurkovich M, Hemmati I, Esdaile JM, Sayre EC, Shojania K, Lacaille D, Avina-Zubieta JA. Risk of cerebrovascular accidents in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A population-based study. 2014 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, February 26 - March 1, 2014.

222. Amiri N, Dehghan N, Sayre EC , Shojania K, Avina-Zubieta JA. Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Population Based Study. 2014 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, February 26 - March 1, 2014.

223. Carruthers E, Sayre EC, Shojania K, Avina-Zubieta JA. Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Individuals with Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis. 2014 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, February 26 - March 1, 2014.

224. Dehghan N, Amiri N, Sayre EC, Shojania K, Avina-Zubieta JA. Venous Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Population Based Study. 2014 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, February 26 - March 1, 2014.

225. Hung A, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Thorne A, Singer J, Wong H, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Body Mass Index is a Predictor of Joint Effusion in Knee Osteoarthritis. 2014 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, February 26 - March 1, 2014.

226. Yurkovich M, Agha M, Hemmati I, Sayre EC, Shojania K, Avina-Zubieta JA. The Risk of Cerebrovascular Accidents in Systemic Sclerosis: a Population-based Cohort Study. 2014 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, February 26 - March 1, 2014.

227. Zong JY, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Cibere J, Sayre EC, Morgan Barber, Joanna Ye, Helen Prlic, Linda C. Li. Association of ethnicity and self-reported hip pain among Caucasian and Chinese populations in Metro Vancouver. 2014 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, February 26 - March 1, 2014.

228. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Fines P, Flanagan WM, Nadeau C, Okhmatovskaia A, Wolfson MC. Effectiveness of a high-risk strategy for BMI reduction on osteoarthritis prevalence in Canada: a microsimulation study. 4th General Conference of the International Microsimulation Association (IMA), Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, December 11-13, 2013.

229. Amiri N, Choi HK, Sayre EC, Shojania K, Avina-Zubieta JA. Risk Of Myocardial Infarction In Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-Based Study. 2013 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 25-30, 2013.

230. Avina-Zubieta JA, Hemmati I, Shojania K, Sayre EC, Choi HK. The Risk Of Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis In Systemic Sclerosis: A Population-Based Cohort Study. 2013 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 25-30, 2013.

231. Avina-Zubieta JA, Lacaille D, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM. The Risk Of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population-Based Cohort Study. 2013 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 25-30, 2013.

232. Feehan C, Sayre EC, Carruthers E, Feehan LM. Assessing 24-Hour Physical (In)Activity and Sleep In People With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. 2013 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 25-30, 2013.

233. Hemmati I, Choi HK, Shojania K, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. The Risk Of Myocardial Infarction In Systemic Sclerosis: A Population-Based Cohort Study. 2013 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 25-30, 2013.

234. Lacaille D, Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM. Glucocorticoids and mortality risk in rheumatoid arthritis - results of a population based study. 2013 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 25-30, 2013.

235. Li LC, Kopec JA, Wong H, Cibere J, Zhang C, Sayre EC, Ye J, Barber M, Prlic H, Esdaile JM. Prevalence Of Femoroacetabular Impingement Among Chinese Living In Vancouver, Canada: A Population-Based Study. 2013 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 25-30, 2013.

236. McCormick N, Marra CA, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Longitudinal Analysis Of Direct Medical Costs For Systemic Sclerosis Patients: A Population-Based Study. 2013 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 25-30, 2013.

237. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Russell L, Rahman MM. Validation of the CAT-5D-QOL multi-attribute health utility (MAHU) score. Qual Life Res 2013;Supplement:AXX. 20th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Miami, FL, USA, October 9-12, 2013.

238. Hemmati I, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Kopec JA, Thorne A, Singer J, Cibere J. Comparison of anatomic knee alignment on physical examination and radiographs. 2013 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Madrid, Spain, June 12-15, 2013.

239. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Fines P, Flanagan WM, Nadeau C, Okhmatovskaia A, Wolfson MC. Obesity and osteoarthritis in Canada: projections from a microsimulation model. 2013 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Madrid, Spain, June 12-15, 2013.

240. Ezzat AM, Cibere J, Koehoorn M, Sayre EC, Li LC. Cumulative Occupational Physical Load as a Risk Factor for Knee Osteoarthritis. 2013 Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA) Congress, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 23-26, 2013.

241. Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Kopec JA. Risk of myocardial infarction in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A population-based study. 10th International Congress on SLE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 18-21, 2013.

242. Cibere J, Guermazi A, Poole AR, Kraus VB, Garnero P, Saxne T, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Thorne A, Kopec JA, Singer J, Nicolaou S, Wong H. Association of biomarkers with osteoarthritis progression based on MRI: Results from the Vancouver Knee Osteoarthritis Progression (KOAP) Study. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2013 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Philadelphia, PA, USA, April 18-21, 2013.

243. Cibere J, Guermazi A, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Thorne A, Kopec JA, Singer J, Nicolaou S, Wong H. Simplified clinical prediction model for osteoarthritis progression based on MRI: Results from the Vancouver Knee Osteoarthritis Progression (KOAP) Study. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2013 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Philadelphia, PA, USA, April 18-21, 2013.

244. Cibere J, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Thorne A, Kopec JA, Singer J, Nicolaou S, Garnero P, Poole AR, Kraus VB, Saxne T, Wong H, Guermazi A. Associations of clinical and biomarker variables with cartilage damage in painful pre-radiographic knee osteoarthritis. Results from a population-based study. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2013 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Philadelphia, PA, USA, April 18-21, 2013.

245. Keng A, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Esdaile JM, Wong H, Thorne A, Singer J, Kopec JA, Cibere J. Association of Clinical Findings with MRI-Based Cartilage Damage in an Asymptomatic Population. 2013 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada, February 13-16, 2013.

246. Lacaille D, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM. Biologics and Mortality Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Results of a Population Based Study. 2013 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada, February 13-16, 2013.

247. Avina-Zubieta JA, Choi HK, Sayre EC, Lacaille D. The Risk of Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-Based Study. 2012 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, November 10-14, 2012.

248. Ezzat AM, Cibere J, Koehoorn M, Sayre EC, Li LC. Cumulative Occupational Physical Load as a Risk Factor for Knee Osteoarthritis. 2012 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, November 10-14, 2012.

249. Hemmati I, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Thorne A, Singer J, Cibere J. Comparison of anatomic knee alignment on physical examination and radiographs. 2012 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, November 10-14, 2012.

250. Lacaille D, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Esdaile JM. Biologics and Mortality Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Results of a Population Based Study. 2012 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, November 10-14, 2012.

251. Maksymowych WP, Cibere J, Weber U, Jaremko J, Loeuille D, Zubler V, Roemer FW, Sayre EC, Lambert RG. Reliability and Responsiveness of Two Methods for Assessment of MRI Abnormalities in Hip Osteoarthritis in a Placebo-Controlled Trial of Intra-Articular Steroid Injection. 2012 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, November 10-14, 2012.

252. Sharif B, Kopec JA, Rahman MM, Bansback NJ, Sayre EC, Fines P, Wong H, Anis AH. Projecting The Direct Cost Burden Of Osteoarthritis In Canada Using a Population-Based Microsimulation Model From [2010-2031]. 2012 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, November 10-14, 2012.

253. Avina-Zubieta JA, Lacaille D, Sayre EC, Kopec JA, Choi HK, Esdaile JM. The Risk of Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Lupus 2012: New targets, new approaches, Whistler, BC, Canada, September 27-30, 2012.

254. Cibere J, Weber U, Jaremko J, Lambert RG, Loeuille D, Zubler V, Roemer F, Sayre EC, Maksymowych WP. Preliminary validation of two methods (HIMRISS, HOAMS) for assessment of MRI abnormalities in hip osteoarthritis. 6th International Workshop on Osteoarthritis Imaging at the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) OA Biomarkers Workshop III - Imaging Biomarker Validation and Qualification, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA, July 12-14, 2012.

255. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Flanagan WM, Fines P, Nadeau C, Okhmatovskaya A, Wolfson MC. Aging, Obesity, and Health Status: Projections for Canada from the Population Health Model. 11th Annual International Conference on Health Economics, Management & Policy, Athens, Greece, June 25-28, 2012.

256. Avina-Zubieta JA, McCormick N, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Marra C. Longitudinal analysis of direct medical costs for systemic lupus erythematosus in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based study. 2012 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Berlin, Germany, June 6-9, 2012.

257. Ezzat AM, Cibere J, Koehoorn M, Sayre EC, Li LC. Measuring Occupational Physical Load to the Knee: An Agreement Analysis. 2012 Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA) Congress, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, May 24-27, 2012.

258. Maksymowych WP, Cibere J, Loeuille D, Weber U, Zubler V, Roemer FW, Jaremko J, Sayre EC, Lambert RG. Preliminary Validation of MRI Scoring Systems for Osteoarthritis of the Hip According to the OMERACT Filter. 2012 Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) 11, Pinehurst, NC, USA, May 13-17, 2012.

259. Cibere J, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Singer J, Thorne A, Wong H. Predicting OA progression: Results from the Vancouver Knee Osteoarthritis Progression Study. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2012 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Barcelona, Spain, April 26-29, 2012.

260. Crema MD, Cibere J, Sayre EC, Roemer FW, Wong H, Thorne A, Singer J, Esdaile JM, Marra MD, Kopec JA, Nicolaou S, Guermazi A. The association of MRI-detected subchondral bone marrow sclerosis with cartilage loss in a cohort of subjects with knee pain. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2012 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Barcelona, Spain, April 26-29, 2012.

261. Ezzat AM, Cibere J, Koehoorn M, Sayre EC, Li LC. Measuring Occupational Physical Load to the Knee: An Agreement Analysis. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2012 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Barcelona, Spain, April 26-29, 2012.

262. Ha N, Bourdon S, Sayre EC, Poole AR, Thorne A, Wong H, Singer J, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Guermazi A, Savvakis N, Cibere J. A new sandwich biomarker assay for cartilage type II collagen can discriminate between no osteoarthritis (OA), pre-radiographic and radiographic knee OA in human urine. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2012 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Barcelona, Spain, April 26-29, 2012.

263. Hunt MA, Pollock CL, Kraus VB, Saxne T, Peters S, Huebner JL, Sayre EC, Cibere J. Biomarkers of cartilage degradation and synthesis relevant to knee osteoarthritis: Relationships with dynamic knee joint load and changes following exercise. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2012 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Barcelona, Spain, April 26-29, 2012.

264. Chin L, Sayre EC, Wong H, Thorne A, Singer J, Guermazi A, Esdaile JM, Nicolaou S, Kopec JA, Cibere J. Predictors of Reduced Leisure Activity in a Symptomatic Population-based Cohort: Results from the Knee Osteoarthritis Progression Study. 2012 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada, March 28-31, 2012.

265. McCormick N, Marra CA, Colley L, Grubisic M, Lacaille D, Sayre EC, Avina-Zubieta JA. Direct Medical Costs in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases. 2012 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada, March 28-31, 2012.

266. Avina-Zubieta JA, Sayre EC, Bernatsky S, Lehman AJ, Shojania K, Esdaile JM, Lacaille D. Adult Prevalence of Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (SARDs) in British Columbia, Canada. 2011 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, November 5-9, 2011.

267. Feehan LM, Buie HR, Sayre EC, Boyd SK, McKay HA, Li LC. High Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Bone Health Outcomes in the Metacarpal Head and Ultra-Ultra Distal Radius: A Precision Study Using Novel Scan Acquisition and Custom Semi-Automatic Contour and Evaluation Protocols. 2011 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, November 5-9, 2011.

268. Hemmati I, Goycochea-Robbles MV, Sayre EC, Lacaille D. Comparison of the 1987 American College of Rheumatology Criteria and the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Criteria in Patients with Established Rheumatoid Arthritis. 2011 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, November 5-9, 2011.

269. Sayre EC, Kopec JA, Cibere J, Marra CA, Davis J, Esdaile JM. An analysis of daily, weekly and monthly variations in health-related quality of life. Qual Life Res 2011;Supplement:AXX. 18th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Denver, CO, USA, October 26-29, 2011.

270. Liang MH, Couto MCM, Duarte CCM, Gall V, White P, Naides S, Schumacher HR, Hwang A, Holers M, Deane KD, Gupta S, Ho IC, Finckh A, Kopec JA, Sayre EC. An Internet-based Technique for the Identification of Persons with Symptoms of Polyarthritis of Less than 12 weeks. 10th Anniversary Scientific Symposium, Kirkland Scholar Program, New York, USA, September 16-17, 2011.

271. Cibere J, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Esdaile JM, Kopec J, Singer J, Thorne A, Wong H. Do physical examinations predict OA progression based on MRI? Results from the Vancouver Knee Osteoarthritis Progression Study. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2011 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, San Diego, CA, USA, September 15-18, 2011.

272. Bennett C, Manuel D, Flanagan WM, Tuna M, Okhmatovskaya A, Fines P, Sayre EC, Harper S. Reporting guidelines for modelling studies. 3rd General Conference of the International Microsimulation Association (IMA), Stockholm, Sweden, June 8-10, 2011.

273. Kopec JA, Fines P, Manuel DG, Buckeridge DL, Flanagan WM, Oderkirk J, Abrahamowicz M, Harper S, Sharif B, Okhmatovskaia A, Sayre EC, Rahman MM, Wolfson MC. Validation of population-based disease simulation models: A review of concepts and methods. 3rd General Conference of the International Microsimulation Association (IMA), Stockholm, Sweden, June 8-10, 2011.

274. Sharif B, Kopec JA, Wong H, Fines P, Flanagan WM, Sayre EC, Rahman MM, Wolfson MC, and the STAR team. Uncertainty Analysis in Population-Based Disease Simulation Models: A Practical Framework. 3rd General Conference of the International Microsimulation Association (IMA), Stockholm, Sweden, June 8-10, 2011.

275. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Rahman M Md, Kang W, Fines P, Flanagan WM, Cibere J, Bansback NJ, Anis AH, Badley EM. A Simulation Model of Medication Use and Impact among Persons with Osteoarthritis in Canada. Canadian College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, February 11-15, 2011.

276. Sayre EC, Singer J, Thorne A, Wong H, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Does Moderate or Severe Knee Strain Affect the Progression of Radiographic Osteoarthritis? Canadian College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, February 11-15, 2011.

277. Jorge RTB, Sayre EC, Kopec JA, Cibere J, Esdaile JM, Bar S, Li LC. Factors associated with the use of physical therapy by people with hip and knee osteoarthritis. 2010 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 6-11, 2010.

278. Sayre EC, Kopec JA, Sharif B, Flanagan WM, Fines P, Rahman M, Abrahamowicz M, Buckeridge D, Harper S, Lynch J, Manuel D, Oderkirk J, Wolfson M. Projecting the effects of a 5-point reduction in body mass index on knee or hip osteoarthritis and health-related quality of life in a closed population to 2031: a microsimulation study. 2010 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 6-11, 2010.

279. Sharif B, Kopec JA, Wong H, Sayre EC. Projection of Prevalence of Osteoarthritis in Canada: Uncertainty analysis. Annual Scientific Conference of the Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN), Gatineau, QC, Canada, October 28-30, 2010.

280. Sawatzky R, Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Zumbo BD. Do people interpret and respond to questions about their pain in a comparable manner? Qual Life Res 2010;19(suppl. 1), 32-33. London, UK, October 27-30, 2010.

281. Cibere J, Baribaud F, Ma K, Sayre EC, Prestley N, Wong H, Thorne A, Singer J, Poole AR, Kopec JA, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Esdaile JM. Serum biomarker studies of symptomatic subjects with persistent knee pain, with and without OA, reveal significant differences from asymptomatic subjects in systemic markers of inflammation suggesting differences in innate immunity. Osteoarthr Cartilage. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2010 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Montreal, QC, Canada, September 23-26, 2010.

282. Crema MD, Guermazi A, Sayre EC, Roemer FW, Marra MD, Wong H, Thorne A, Singer J, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. The association of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-detected structural pathology of the knee with crepitus in a population-based cohort with knee pain: the MoDEKO study. Osteoarthr Cartilage. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2010 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Montreal, QC, Canada, September 23-26, 2010.

283. Hasan MA, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA, Thorne A, Singer J, Wong H, Cibere J. The effect of physician assessed quadriceps muscle strength on subsequent progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Osteoarthr Cartilage. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2010 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Montreal, QC, Canada, September 23-26, 2010.

284. Sawatzky R, Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Zumbo BD. Do People Interpret and Respond to Questions about Their Emotional Wellbeing In A Comparable Manner? Qual Life Res 2009;Supplement:A-63-64 abstract #1317. 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), New Orleans, LA, USA, October 28-31, 2009.

285. Sawatzky R, Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Zumbo BD. Item Response Theory Mixture Analysis Reveals Implications of Sample Heterogeneity With Respect To a Computerized Adaptive Test Item Bank Measuring Daily Activities. Qual Life Res 2009;Supplement:A-21 abstract #1316. 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), New Orleans, LA, USA, October 28-31, 2009.

286. Sayre EC, Li LC, Sawatzky R, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Bar S, Cibere J. The effect of disease site on employment reduction due to arthritis in a population with osteoarthritis of the knee, hip, hand, foot, lower back or neck. Qual Life Res 2009;Supplement:A-112 abstract #1270. 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), New Orleans, LA, USA, October 28-31, 2009.

287. Li LC, Sayre EC, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Bar S, Cibere J. Quality of non-pharmacological care for people with osteoarthritis in the community. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 16-21, 2009.

288. Sayre EC, Fines P, Flanagan WM, Cibere J, Rahman MM, Aghajanian J, Kang W, Bansback NJ, Anis AH, Badley EM, Kopec JA. A Tobit model for predicting Health Utilities Index Mark 3 from osteoarthritis disease duration: a population-based study. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 16-21, 2009.

289. Kang W, Steininger G, Sayre EC, Doerfling P, Ratzlaff C, Esdaile J, Kopec JA. Impact of total physical activity in younger age on physical and mental health of people with osteoarthritis of the knee. Osteoarthr Cartilage. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2009 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Montreal, QC, Canada, September 10-13, 2009.

290. Sayre EC, Singer J, Thorne A, Wong H, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Cibere J. Comparing magnetic resonance imaging-based definitions of knee osteoarthritis to x-ray-based Kellgren-Lawrence grade for predicting disease severity. Osteoarthr Cartilage. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2009 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Montreal, QC, Canada, September 10-13, 2009.

291. Sawatzky R, Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Zumbo BD. The use of latent variable mixture modeling to examine the extent to which people are consistent in their responses to questions about their emotional wellbeing. 9th Conference of the International Society of Quality of Life Studies, Florence, Italy, July 19-23, 2009.

292. Kopec JA, Fines P, Flanagan WM, Sayre EC, Rahman M, Bansback N, Cibere J, Anis AH, Jordan JM, Badley EM. Projecting the burden of osteoarthritis in Canada using microsimulation. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 10-13, 2009.

293. Li LC, Hurkmans EJ, Sayre EC, Vliet Vlieland TPM. Post-entry level arthritis training is associated with physical therapists taking on more roles in the management of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: the Canadian-Dutch Arthritis Care Survey. Ann Rheum Dis 2009;68(Supplement 3):784. 2009 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 10-13, 2009.

294. Fines P, Kopec JA, Flanagan WM, Sayre EC, Rahman MM. Microsimulation of osteoarthritis in Canada – Case study of a chronic disease in Canada. 2nd General Conference of the International Microsimulation Association (IMA), Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 8-10, 2009.

295. Sawatzky R, Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Zumbo BD. Examining the implications of sample heterogeneity with respect to a computerized adaptive test item bank for the measurement of daily activities. Eastern Canada Health Outcomes Meeting: Advances and Challenges in Using Quality of Life (QOL) and Other Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs), Montreal, QC, Canada, June 8 & 9, 2009.

296. Kang W, Sayre EC, Steininger G, Doerfling P, Ratzlaff C, Esdaile J, Kopec J. Validation of the multi-attribute health utility (MAHU) derived from a computer adaptive instrument, CAT-5D-QOL, in osteoarthritis. Value in Health 2009;12:A71-2. 14th Annual International Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Orlando, FL, USA, May 16-20, 2009.

297. Kang W, Sayre EC, Steininger G, Doerfling P, Ratzlaff C, Sawatzky R, Esdaile J, Kopec JA. Cross-sectional validity of a computer adaptive questionnaire in osteoarthritis. Mod Rheumatol. 53rd Annual General Assembly and Scientific Meeting of the Japan College of Rheumatology (JCR) / the 18th International Rheumatology Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, April 23-25, 2009.

298. Fines P, Kopec JA, Flanagan WM, Sayre EC, Rahman MM. Implementing drugs in a microsimulation model for patients with osteoarthritis. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health 2009 Symposium, Ottawa, ON, Canada, April 5-7, 2009.

299. Kang W, Sayre EC, Steininger G, Doerfling P, Ratzlaff C, Sawatzky R, Esdaile J, Kopec JA. Cross-sectional validity of a computer adaptive questionnaire in osteoarthritis. 21st Health Policy Conference of the University of British Columbia Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 24-25, 2009.

300. Ip S, Cibere J, Sayre EC, Guermazi A, Nicolaou S, Wong H, Thorne H, Singer J, Kopec JA, Esdaile JM. Frequency of Bone Marrow Edema in Knee Osteoarthritis and Association with Pain Severity: Results from a Population-Based Study. J Rheumatol. 2009 Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Conference, Delta Kananaskis, AB, Canada, February 18-21, 2009.

301. Sayre EC, Jordan JM, Cibere J, Murphy L, Myers EL, Schwartz TA, Helmick CG, Rahman MM, Aghajanian J, Kang W, Badley EM, Kopec JA. Modeling the multivariate distribution of radiographic osteoarthritis in knees and hips: a population-based study in rural North Carolina. Arthritis Rheum 2008;58(Supplement 9):S242-3. 2008 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, October 24-29, 2008.

302. Fines P, Kopec JA, Flanagan WM, Sayre EC, Rahman MM, Cibere J, Kang W, Aghajanian J, Badley EM, Bansback N, Anis AH. Building a microsimulation model to estimate health-related quality of life over the course of osteoarthritis. Qual Life Res. 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Montevideo, Uruguay, October 22-25, 2008.

303. Marra C, Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Grindrod K, Oteng B, Gastonguay L, Soon J, Cibere J, Esdaile JM. The PAT-5D-QOL: An Adaptive, IRT-based Questionnaire to Assess Health-Related Quality of Life in Arthritis. Qual Life Res. 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Montevideo, Uruguay, October 22-25, 2008.

304. Sayre EC, Kopec JA, Marra C, Abrahamowicz M, Anis AH, Badley EM, Davis AM, Esdaile JM. Performance of the Item Response Theory Scoring of the Computerized Adaptive Test in Five Domains of Quality of Life: a Simulation Study. Qual Life Res. 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Montevideo, Uruguay, October 22-25, 2008.

305. Kang W, Sayre EC, Steininger G, Doerfling P, Ratzlaff C, Sawatzky R, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA. Cross-sectional validity of a computer adaptive instrument in osteoarthritis. Annual Scientific Conference of the Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN), Toronto, ON, Canada, October 16-18, 2008.

306. Sawatzky R, Kopec JA, Sayre EC. Examining sample heterogeneity with respect to the measurement of self-reported health outcomes relevant to joint problems. Annual Scientific Conference of the Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN), Toronto, ON, Canada, October 16-18, 2008.

307. Flanagan WM, Kopec JA, Fines P, Rahman MM, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Anis AH, Badley EM. Estimating prevalence of physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis in Canada using microsimulation. Osteoarthr Cartilage 2008;16:S153. 2008 Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2008 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Rome, Italy, September 18-21, 2008.

308. Sayre EC, Li LC, Kopec JA, Bar S, Esdaile JM. Quantifying decline in quality of life due to disease duration in persons with pre-existing knee or hip osteoarthritis. Osteoarthr Cartilage 2008;16:S134-5. 2008 Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2008 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Rome, Italy, September 18-21, 2008.

309. Sayre EC, Rahman MM, Aghajanian J, Kang W, Cibere J, Anis AH, Jordan JM, Badley EM, Kopec JA. A comparison of provincial prescription-only pharmaceutical database with self-reported usage of acetaminophen and NSAIDs according to osteoarthritis stage in British Columbia. Value in Health 2008;11:A267-8. 13th Annual International Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Toronto, ON, Canada, May 3-7, 2008.

310. Jackson M, Sayre EC, Bassett K. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Visual Hallucinations in the Charles Bonnet Syndrome. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;ARVO program/poster 3145/D863. 2008 annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, April 27 to May 1, 2008.

311. Kang W, Atashband S, Aghajanian J, Bansback N, Rahman MM, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Jordan JM, Anis A, Badley EM, Kopec JA. Direct comparison of efficacy of the four major categories of drugs in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Osteoarthr Cartilage 2007;15:C155. Annual Meeting of the OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI) in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, December 6-9, 2007.

312. Kopec JA, Rahman MM, Doerfling P, Sayre EC, Cibere J, MacIntyre D, Wilson D, Liang MH, Esdaile JM. Adaptive Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life in Persons with Hip and Knee Pain. Osteoarthr Cartilage 2007;15:C46. Annual Meeting of the OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI) in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, December 6-9, 2007.

313. Fines P, Flanagan WM, Kopec JA, Rahman MM, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Badley LM. Projecting Number of Osteoarthritis Patients from 2001 to 2021 in Canada Using Microsimulation. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting. Boston, MA, USA, November 6-11, 2007.

314. Rahman MM, Kopec JA, Fines P, Flanagan WM, Sayre EC, Garbuz DS, Greidanus NV, Aghajanian J, Anis AH, Cibere J, Jordan JM, Badley EM. Effect of socio-demographic factors on time to surgical consultation and hip/knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis patients in British Columbia, Canada. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting. Boston, MA, USA, November 6-11, 2007.

315. Sayre EC, Kopec JA, Abrahamowicz M, Anis AH, Badley EM, Davis AM, Esdaile JM. Modeling Multi-attribute Health Utility from Five Domain-specific IRT scores. Qual Life Res 2007;Supplement:A49. 14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Toronto, ON, Canada, October 10-13, 2007.

316. Kang W, Atashband S, Aghajanian J, Bansback N, Rahman MM, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Jordan JM, Anis A, Badley EM, Kopec JA. Estimation of the effect of the four major categories of drugs in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Annual Scientific Conference of the Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN), Halifax, NS, Canada, October 2007.

317. Marra CA, Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Colley L, Oteng B, Gastonguay L, Esdaile JM. Validity of a new adaptive quality of life measure in knee OA. Ann Rheum Dis 2007;66(Supplement 2):268. 2007 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR), Barcelona, Spain, June, 2007.

318. Kopec JA, Rahman M, Garbuz DS, Greidanus NV, Cibere J, Sayre EC, Fines P, Flanagan WM, Aghajanian J, Bansback NJ, Anis AH, Badley EM. Epidemiology of knee and hip revision procedures following total arthroplasty for osteoarthritis in British Columbia, Canada. Osteoarthr Cartilage 2006;14:S120. Annual Meeting of the OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI), Prague, Czech Republic, December 7-10, 2006.

319. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Berthelot JM, Flanagan WM, Fines P, Le Petit C, Cibere J, Rahman M, Lima VD, Aghajanian J, Bansback NJ, Anis AH, Jordan JM, Sobolev B, Greidanus NV, Garbuz DS, Hawker GA, Badley EM. Development of a computer simulation model of osteoarthritis in Canada. Osteoarthr Cartilage 2006;14:S128-9. Annual Meeting of the OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI), Prague, Czech Republic, December 7-10, 2006.

320. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Schwartz T, Badley EM, Jordan J. Socio-demographic factors, pain, and radiographic progression of hip and knee osteoarthritis. Clinical Research Conference at the 2006 American College of Rheumatology ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, November 10, 2006.

321. Kopec JA, Badii M, McKenna M, Sayre EC, Lima VD, Rogers P, Dvorak MF. A comparison of adaptive and standard questionnaires in patients with back pain. Qual Life Res 2006;Supplement:Abstract 1213. 13th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Lisbon, Portugal, October 10-14, 2006.

322. Doerfling P, Kopec JA, Liang MH, MacIntyre D, Wilson D, Combes V, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM. Participation rates in an internet-based study of physical activity and osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol 2006;33:395-6. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA), Acapulco, Mexico, February 17-20, 2006.

323. Kopec JA, Rahman M, Le Petit C, Berthelot J-M, Aghajanian J, Sayre EC, Cibere J, Anis AH, Badley EM. Incidence of osteoarthritis in British Columbia, Canada, 1995-2001. J Rheumatol 2006;33:399. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA), Acapulco, Mexico, February 17-20, 2006.

324. Kopec JA, Pouchot J, Dias Lima V, Sayre EC, Al-Harthy F, Marra C, Anis AH, Chalmers A, Esdaile JM. Validation of an adaptive measure of health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis. Qual Life Res 2005;14:2080. 12th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), San Francisco, CA, USA, October 19-22, 2005.

325. Cibere J, Greidanus N, Garbuz D, Doerfling P, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Kopec JA. Intra- and interrater reliability of the Global Radiographic Score 10 (GRS-10) in surgical patients with osteoarthritis (OA). J Rheumatol 2005;32:1398. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA), Montreal, QC, Canada, March 2005.

326. Pouchot J, Kopec JA, Latteier J, Sayre EC, Al-Harthy F, Garbuz G, Greidanus N, Anis A, Esdaile JM. Validity of a new adaptive measure of health-related quality of life in arthritis. Qual Life Res 2004;13:1590. 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Hong Kong, October 16-19, 2004.

327. Kopec JA, Goel V, Bunting PS, Newman J, Sayre EC, Warde P, Levers P, Fleshner N. Screening with prostate specific antigen and metastatic prostate cancer risk: a population-based case-control study. J Clin Oncol 2004;22(Supplement S):419S. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, New Orleans, LA, USA, June 5-8, 2004.

328. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Abrahamowicz M, Anis AH, Badley EM, Davis AM, Williams JI, Esdaile JM. Integrating irt- and utility-based assessment of health: overview of methodology. Qual Life Res 2003;12:826. 10th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Prague, Czech Republic, Nov 12-15, 2003.

329. Sayre EC, Kopec JA, Abrahamowicz M, Anis AH, Badley EM, Davis AM, Williams JI, Esdaile JM. A comparison of additive and multiplicative models for a new preference-based questionnaire in patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Qual Life Res 2003;12:834. 10th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Prague, Czech Republic, Nov 12-15, 2003.

330. Kopec JA. Abrahamowicz M, Badley EM, Davis AM, Williams JI, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM. Assessing musculoskeletal health: development of a new measurement tool. Qual Life Res 2002;11:649. 9th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Orlando, October 30 - November 2, 2002.

331. Kopec JA. Abrahamowicz M, Badley EM, Davis AM, Williams JI, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM. Adaptive assessment of musculoskeletal health: A novel approach based on item response theory. Arthritis Rheum 2002;46(suppl):S117. 66th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, New Orleans, October 26-29, 2002.

332. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM. Is work stress associated with subsequent back pain? A prospective cohort study. 65th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, San Francisco, November 10-15, 2001.

333. Paddock K, Kozak J, Sayre EC. How do care outcomes and service patterns relate to behavioral problems? Part II: Health services. Paper 17th World Congress of the International Association of Gerontology, Vancouver, BC, July, 2001.

334. Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Liang MH. Predictors of back pain: A prospective cohort study. Congress of Epidemiology 2001, Toronto, June 13-16, 2001.

335. Paddock K, Kozak J, Sayre EC. How do care outcomes and service patterns relate to behavioral problems? Paper annual meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Edmonton, AB, October, 2000.

Research Reports

336. Sayre EC. Variable-Weighted Ultrametric Optimization for Mixed-Type Data: Continuous, Ordinal, Nominal, Binary Symmetric and Binary Asymmetric. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) dissertation, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, August, 2009 (Full text and abstract: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/9744).

337. Li LC, Kopec JA, Cibere J, Sayre EC, Esdaile J. British Columbia Osteoarthritis Survey. Final Report to the British Columbia Ministry of Health, April, 2008.

338. Kopec JA, Badii M, McKenna M, Sayre EC, Dias Lima V, Rogers P, Dvorak M. Measuring Health Outcomes: An Empirical Comparison of Adaptive and Standard Questionnaires; Final Report to the Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia, June, 2005.

339. Sayre EC. An Approach to Analyzing Case-Control Screening Data with an Application to Digital Rectal Exam and Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Master of Science thesis, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, April, 2005 (Full text and abstract: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/5462).

340. Sayre EC, Langlet E. Proposal for Multiple 2B Forms. Internal Memo, Statistics Canada, 1997.

Presentations as guest speaker

341. Kopec JA, Sayre EC. Development of CAT-5D. PROMIS Steering Committee Meeting in Seattle, WA, USA, June 4-5, 2007.

342. Sayre EC, Kopec JA. A Linear Mixed Model for Multi-dimensional Health Utility as a Function of 5 IRT Scores in the Context of Adaptive Assessment. Semi-annual meeting of the Tooling Up for Early Osteoarthritis (TUFEOA) Research Team, Toronto, ON, Canada, February 19, 2007.

343. Kopec JA, Doerfling P, Sayre EC, De Vera M. Physical Activity and Joint Health. Bone Health Group Journal Club, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 28, 2005.

344. Kopec JA, Sayre EC. Questionnaires, Computers, and the Internet. Arthritis Research Centre of Canada Research Rounds, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 26, 2004.

345. Sayre EC, Grenon L, Croal J. Bootmac8.SAS for variance estimation with complex survey data. Statistics Canada Regional Office, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 26, 2003.

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