Fluorescence optical imaging in pediatric patients with inflammatory and non-inflammatory joint diseases: a comparative study with ultrasonography

Table 5 Group III: correlation of FOI, GSUS, and PDUS with clinical parameters; β (p value)

	GSUS	PDUS	FOI any phase	PVM	P1	P2	P3
Physician’s assessment	0.51 (<0.001)	0.55 (<0.001)	0.37 (0.007)	0.37 (0.006)	0.36 (0.008)	0.38 (0.005)	0.29 (0.034)
Number of joints with arthritis	0.59 (<0.001)	0.63 (<0.001)	0.39 (0.004)	0.36 (0.008)	0.36 (0.008)	0.46 (<0.001)	0.30 (0.028)
cJADAS-10	0.62 (<0.001)	0.66 (<0.001)	0.36 (0.008)	0.36 (0.008)	0.34 (0.013)	0.42 (0.002)	0.37 (0.007)
CHAQ score	0.32 (0.019)	0.36 (0.008)	0.10 (0.471)	0.22 (0.106)	0.12 (0.388)	0.21 (0.127)	0.17 (0.238)

FOI fluorescence optical imaging, GSUS ultrasonography in gray-scale mode, PDUS ultrasonography in power Doppler mode, PVM Prima Vista Mode, P1–P3 FOI phases 1–3, cJADAS clinical Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score, CHAQ Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire

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