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Table 3 Quantitative rating of capillaroscopic findings and surrogate markers of macrovascular disease

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

Parameter

Correlation (r)—significance (p)

Number of capillaries per mm2

CSURI

CIMT right

r = 0.159, p = 0.360

r = − 0.107, p = 0.561

CIMT left

r = 0.03, p = 0.985

r = − 0.073, p = 0.692

CSBP

r = 0.139, p = 0.425

r = 0.032, p = 0.861

CDBP

r = − 0.034, p = 0.845

r = 0.272, p = 0.131

AIx

r = − 0.343, p = 0.047

r = 0.358, p = 0.044

PWV

r = 0.130, p = 0.463

r = − 0.252, p = 0.164

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