Table 5 . Association between nailfoldcapillaroscopy features and myositis disease activity organ systems in our patients with dermatomyositis .
| Myositis disease activity organ systems, (Mean±SD*) |
Dilated capillary loops |
Avascular areas | Elongated capillary loops |
Microhem orrhage |
Distribution | Neoangiogenesis | Giant loop | p |
| Constitutional disease activity | 3±2.5( 0.69) | 2.7±2.2(0.39) | 5±3(0.068) | 2.8±2.3(0.39) | 3±2.6(0.87) | 2.8±2.6(0.40) | 3.5±2.6(0.50) | 3.7±2.3(0.60) |
| Cutaneous disease activity | 3.5±2.2(0.92) | 3.5±2.1(0.95) | 4.4±2.3(0.27) | 3.2±2.1(0.51) | 3.4±2.1(1) | 3.5±2.5(0.84) | 3.6±1.8(0.72) | 4±2.3(0.53) |
| Skeletal disease activity | 2±2.4(0.32) | 1.9±2(0.91) | 3.6±2.9(0.063) | 1.7±2(0.66) | 1.9±2.3(1) | 1.9±12.2(0.86) | 2.5±2.8(0.24) | 3±2.3(0.18) |
| Gastrointestinal disease activity | 1±2.8(0.52) | 1.3±2.2(0.93) | 1.6±3.6(0.82) | 0.9±1.9( 0.22) | 1.5±2.5(0.72) | 1.5±2.5(0,68) | 1.1±2.6(0.65) | 0(0.16) |
| Pulmonary disease activity | 2.1±2.9(0.39) | 1.7±2.8(0.63) | 3.2±3.3(0.27) | 1.6±2.7( 0.38) | 2±2.8(1) | 1.8±2.8(0.64) | 2.4±3(0.48) | 3.2±3.3(0.25) |
| Cardiac disease activity | 1±1.7(0.33) | 0.7±1.6(0.67) | 1.4±2(0.40) | 1±1.6( 0.56) | 0.9±1.7(0.76) | 0.9±1.6(0.92) | 1.1±1.8(0.57) | 1.7±2.1(0.24) |
| Muscular disease activity | 4.1±3.1(0.96) | 4.1±2.8(0.99) | 5.6±3.2(0.21) | 4±3(0.95) | 4.3±3(0.16) | 3.8±3.3(0.48) | 4.7±2.8(0.37) | 5.8±1.6(0.11) |
| Global disease activity |
5.4±2.4(0.64) |
5.1±2.5(0.70) |
6.4±3(0.27) |
5.5±2.3(0.57) | 5.4±2.5(0.47) | 5.2±2.6(0.79) | 5.5±2.6(0.70) | 6.7±1.7(0.13) |
*SD: Standard deviation