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Table 2 Surrogate markers of macrovascular disease in the NVC pattern categories

From: Arterial stiffness correlates with progressive nailfold capillary microscopic changes in systemic sclerosis: results from a cross-sectional study

Parameter

Scleroderma pattern

    
 

Early

Active

Late

p (early vs active)

p (early vs late)

p (active vs late)

p

CIMT right (mm)

0.76

0.69

0.76

   

p = 0.466

CIMT left (mm)

0.67

0.69

0.80

   

p = 0.165

CSBP (mmHg)

119

122

122

   

p = 0.937

CDBP (mmHg)

75

82

75

   

p = 0.337

AIx (%)

20.5

34.1

33.4

p = 0.02

p = 0.05

p = 0.87

p = 0.001

PWV (m/s)

7.3

6.9

8.0

   

p = 0.566

  1. CIMT carotid intima-media thickness, CSBP central systolic blood pressure, CDBP central diastolic blood pressure, AIx augmentation index, PWV pulse wave velocity
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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