Table 3.

Patient clinical diagnosis, laboratory data and mean strain index value (SR)

Case	Age (years)	Sex	Clinical Diagnosis	SR	CK	LDH	ESR	CRP	Aldolase	AST	ALT
1	57	M	DM	2.80	1990	410	110	3.2	21.1	69	39
2	41	F	SLE + myositis	2.63	49	366	47	2.6	18.0	42	25
3	67	F	PM	2.23	2669	693	42	5.4	58.6	125	84
4	43	F	MCTD	2.04	1283	502	117	<0.8	13.7	123	84
5	43	F	DM	5.38/3.32	677	318	14	0.9	27.6	47	21
6	59	F	PM	3.99	2590	707	23	1.1	47.2	90	109
7	11	F	JDM	1.70	552	693	13	<0.8	17.0	76	26
8	46	M	DM	0.95	311	326	20	<0.8	35.1	34	78
9	43	F	DM	5.93	92	185	14	<0.8	9.3	49	55
10	27	F	DM	1.49	126	303	51	<0.8	10.1	46	36
11	34	F	DM	3.73	2465	342	123	7.4	31.3	94	42
12	25	F	SLE + myositis	3.49	577	934	33	<0.8	8.2	100	34
13	46	M	RA + myositis	1.22	204	219	15	<0.8	6.1	29	26
14	52	F	DM	4.53	1406	486	3	<0.8	26.2	64	58
15	30	M	DM	4.73	6083	457	3	<0.8	59.6	137	160
16	35	M	PM	3.14	1078	290	2	<0.8	15.3	50	65
17	39	F	DM	2.89	2227	329	7	<0.8	18.5	48	60

ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase; CK, creatine kinase; CRP, C-reactive protein; DM, dermatomyositis; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; F, female; JDM, juvenile dermatomyositis; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; M, male; MCTD, mixed connective tissue disease; PM, polymyositis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.