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. 2016 May 2;36(10):1371–1377. doi: 10.1007/s00296-016-3483-6

Table 2.

Relationship between reported colour changes and baseline thermographic assessment

Colour change Thermographic assessment Symptom absent Symptom present p value
Whole cohort
White Digits 31 (8.3) 29.2 (7.5) 0.59
Dorsum 31.1 (4.8) 30.4 (4.2) 0.57
Thermal gradient −0.4 (3.1) −0.6 (3.0) 0.36
Blue Digits 31.7 (7.4) 27.8 (7.0) 0.005
Dorsum 31.4 (4.3) 29.7 (4.7) 0.007
Thermal gradient −0.20 (2.6) −1.8 (3.2) 0.059
Red Digits 30.1 (7.4) 30 (7.8) 0.87
Dorsum 30.4 (4.2) 30.7 (4.7) 0.88
Thermal gradient −0.5 (3.2) −0.7 (2.8) 0.64
Purple Digits 31.4 (6.6) 28.5 (8.0) 0.031
Dorsum 31.3 (3.8) 29.8 (4.9) 0.05
Thermal gradient −0.3 (2.5) −1.1 (3.4) 0.067
Primary Raynaud’s phenomenon
White Digits 31.4 (8.3) 27.9 (7.2) 0.20
Dorsum 31.6 (4.7) 29.8 (4.6) 0.12
Thermal gradient −0.4 (3.4) −1.5 (3.0) 0.38
Blue Digits 30.5 (7.7) 27.4 (8.6) 0.017
Dorsum 31.1 (4.3) 29.5 (5.0) 0.023
Thermal gradient −0.4 (2.8) −2.0 (3.2) 0.133
Red Digits 29.5 (7.4) 27.4 (7.3) 0.52
Dorsum 30.3 (4.3) 29.6 (4.8) 0.48
Thermal gradient −0.6 (3.3) −1.4 (2.8) 0.61
Purple Digits 30.4 (6.8) 27.2 (8.0) 0.13
Dorsum 30.4 (4.0) 29.6 (5.5) 0.20
Thermal gradient −0.4 (2.4) −1.8 (3.3) 0.12
Fibromyalgia syndrome
White Digits 30.8 (8.2) 32.2 (7.4) 0.30
Dorsum 30.6 (5.0) 32.0 (4.2) 0.15
Thermal gradient 0.1 −0.01 (3.3) 0.60
Blue Digits 32.5 (6.4) 30.8 (7.2) 0.22
Dorsum 32.1 (3.8) 31.4 (4.2) 0.31
Thermal gradient 0.02 (2.5) −0.7 (3.7) 0.48
Red Digits 31.4 (7.1) 32.2 (7.5) 0.94
Dorsum 31.4 (4.1) 32.0 (4.3) 0.68
Thermal gradient 0.2 (3.2) −0.02 (2.9) 0.42
Purple Digits 32.3 (6.0) 31.2 (7.9) 0.09
Dorsum 32.1 (3.6) 30.8 (4.1) 0.15
Thermal gradient 0.02 (2.9) −0.01 (3.8) 0.35