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Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2012 Jun 1;39(7):1385–1391. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.111380

Table 3.

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) clinical correlations with microscopy findings.

Clinical Features	TEM: Basal Lamellation	Immunohistochemistry: CD34 Area	Whole-field Digital Microscopy: Trichrome Stain
SSc duration (1st non-RP symptom)	0.05 (0.83)^*	–0.08 (0.74)^*	–0.50 (0.04)^*
mRSS	0.34 (0.16)^*	–0.04 (0.87)	–0.09 (0.71)
ILD	— (0.84)^**	–0.45 (0.06)	0.19 (0.43)
Scl-70 antibody	— (0.38)^**	–0.04 (0.88)	0.06 (0.80)
RNA polymerase III	— (0.66)^**	–0.13 (0.60)	–0.21 (0.39)
Centromeric antibody	— (1.00)^**	0.02 (0.93)	0.07 (0.76)
Hand edema	— (0.80)^**	0.23 (0.35)	–0.07 (0.76)
Foot edema	— (0.07)^**	0.05 (0.85)	–0.02 (0.92)

TEM: transmission electron microscopy; RP: Raynaud's phenomenon; mRSS: modified Rodnan skin score; ILD: interstitial lung disease.

Spearman's Rho (p value)

^**

Fisher's exact p value.