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. 2023 May 20;25:84. doi: 10.1186/s13075-023-03063-1

Table 3.

Clinical correlations of ScleroID scoresa

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

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

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