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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Nov;66(11):1731–1739. doi: 10.1002/acr.22339

Table 4.

Responsiveness to change of skin and musculoskeletal variables over 1 year (effect size)*

Variable Physician
anchor		 Patient
anchor
Skin
  Physician reported
    Skin involvement in last month −0.66 −0.51
    Skin involvement in last year −0.56 −0.54
    Skin severity −1.09 −0.83
  Patient reported
    Skin condition interference with daily activities in last month −0.53 −0.34
    Skin condition interference with daily activities in last year −0.38 −0.26
    Skin involvement in last month −0.12 −0.22
    Skin involvement in last year 0.03 −0.03
  Physical examination
    Modified Rodnan skin score −0.58 −0.65
    Durometer −0.02 −0.25
Musculoskeletal
  Patient reported
    HAQ DI −0.10 −0.07
  Laboratory
    Serum creatine phosphokinase −0.23 −0.26
  Physical examination Tender joint count −0.33 −0.31
*

Small joint contractures, large joint contractures, and tendon friction rubs are not included as they are binary variables. HAQ = Health Assessment Questionnaire; DI = disability index.