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. 2021 Mar 10;38(1):115–122. doi: 10.5114/ada.2021.104286

Table 1.

Thermographic and capillaroscopic characteristics of fingers II–V

Parameter Fingers II–V P-value
Index Middle Ring Small
Tavg, mean ± SD 28.3 ±3.6°C 28.0 ±3.4°C 28.0 ±3.3°C 28.0 ±3.5°C 0.97*
ΔTavg, median (range) 3.5 ±2.1°C 3.8 ±1.9°C 3.7 ±1.9°C 3.8 ±2.0°C 0.9*
Capillaries/1 mm, median (range) 6 6 5 6 0.63**
Capillaries vs. Tavg
rho-Spearman (p-value)
0.44 (< 0.001) 0.45 (0.005) 0.61 (< 0.001) 0.55 (< 0.001)
Capillaries vs ΔTavg
rho-Spearman (p-value)
–0.39 (0.02) –0.4 (0.014) –0.54 (< 0.001) –0.54 (< 0.001)
*

ANOVA statistics, **Kruskal-Wallis test.