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Table 3 Clinical correlations of ScleroID scoresa

From: Characteristics of ScleroID highlighting musculoskeletal and internal organ implications in patients afflicted with systemic sclerosis

 

All SSc cases (n = 160)

DcSSc (n = 88)

lcSSc (n = 72)

Rho

p

Rho

p

Rho

p

Number of current digital ulcers on hands (currently present in 12 patients)

0.095

0.236

0.069

0.526

0.135

0.257

Number of shortened digits (present in 35 patients)

0.180

0.023

0.266

0.012

0.038

0.750

Number of digital pitting scars (currently present in 57 patients)

0.180

0.026

0.197

0.072

0.163

0.182

DAS28 ESR

0.358

 < 0.001

0.418

 < 0.001

0.258

0.029

DAS28CRP

0.441

 < 0.001

0.480

 < 0.001

0.373

 < 0.001

SDAI

0.484

 < 0.001

0.508

 < 0.001

0.426

 < 0.001

CDAI

0.488

 < 0.001

0.518

 < 0.001

0.428

 < 0.001

Tender joint

0.332

 < 0.001

0.436

 < 0.001

0.193

0.104

Swollen joint

0.173

0.029

0.160

0.139

0.182

0.126

Modified Rodnan skin score

-0,194

0.015

-0,236

0.028

-0,229

0.055

EULAR revised activity score

0.256

0.001

0.174

0.103

0.379

0.001

Modified activity score

0.476

 < 0.001

0.502

 < 0.001

0.453

 < 0.001

Calculated right ventricular pressure by echocardiography

0,051

0.641

-0,072

0.522

0.160

0.210

6-min walk distance

-0,440

 < 0.001

-0,433

 < 0.001

-0.443

 < 0.001

HAMIS right

0.331

 < 0.001

0.455

 < 0.001

0.163

0.170

HAMIS left

0.282

 < 0.001

0.386

 < 0.001

0.160

0.180

Hand Anatomy Index Right

-0.283

 < 0.001

-0.350

 < 0.001

-0.175

0.140

Hand Anatomy Index Left

-0.327

 < 0.001

-0.427

 < 0.001

-0.183

0.122

Number of contractures

0.185

0.020

0.260

0.015

0.090

0.449

Manual Muscle Test 8

-0.457

 < 0.001

-0.602

 < 0.001

-0.331

0.005

Mouth Handicap in Scleroderma Scale

0.626

 < 0.001

0.568

 < 0.001

0.678

 < 0.001

Skin thickness questionnaire

0.248

0.002

0.215

0.045

0.325

0.005

Cochin Hand Function Scale

0.710

 < 0.001

0.673

 < 0.001

0.753

 < 0.001

qDASH

0.765

 < 0.001

0.797

 < 0.001

0.718

 < 0.001

UCLA-GIT

0.646

 < 0.001

0.567

 < 0.001

0.740

 < 0.001

VAS pain scale

0.652

 < 0.001

0.624

 < 0.001

0.673

 < 0.001

VAS joint paint

0.573

 < 0.001

0.578

 < 0.001

0.539

 < 0.001

VAS fatigue scale

0.651

 < 0.001

0.729

 < 0.001

0.555

 < 0.001

  1. DAS28 ESR Disease Activity Score 28 Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, DAS28 CRP Disease Activity 28 Score C-Reactive Protein, SDAI Simplified Disease Activity Index, CDAI Clinical Disease Activity Index, EULAR, HAMIS Hand Mobility in SSc scale, qDASH Quick Questionnaire of the Disability of the Hands, Arms and Shoulders, UCLA-GIT University of California Los Angeles Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium gastrointestinal tract 2.0, VAS Visual analogue scale
  2. aRegarding missing values, different measurements were available in at least 157 cases except for echocardiography, in which the results of a recent investigation were available in 84 cases