The cumulative number of micro-haemorrhages and micro-thromboses in nailfold videocapillaroscopy is a good indicator of disease activity in systemic sclerosis: a validation study of the NEMO score

Table 2 Correlation between capillaroscopic parameters and European Scleroderma Study Group index score for disease activity

	ESSG score vs NEMO score	ESSG score vs GC count	ESSG score vs capillary count
Milan cohort	r = 0.69, p < 0.0001	r = 0.30, p < 0.001	r = 0.18, p = n.s.
Naples cohort	r = 0.76, p < 0.0001	r = 0.39, p < 0.0005	r = −038, p < 0.0005

Abbreviations: ESSG European Scleroderma Study Group index, GC Giant capillary, NEMO Number of micro-haemorrhages and micro-thromboses, n.s. Not significant
r = the correlation coefficient by Spearman’s rank correlation. p Values were corrected for multiple comparisons by Bonferroni’s method

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