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Table 3 (abstract A39). Indirect signs and markers of systemic vascular injury and/ or inflammation

From: Proceedings of the 2019 Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Annual Scientific Meeting

Marker

N (%)

Physical Exam Findings

 

 Livedo Reticularis

82/150 (54.7%)

  Mild/unspecified

53/82 (64.6%)

  Moderate/prominent

29/82 (35.4%)

 Terry's Nails

81/150 (54.0%)

 Periungual Redness

66/150 (44.0%)

 Palatal Petechiae

65/150 (43.3%)

Elevated Von Willebrand Factor Antigena

14/70 (20.0%)

Elevated D-Dimera

8/68 (11.8%)

Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP)b

7/94 (7.4%)

Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)b

14/82 (17.1%)

  1. Denominators reflect number of patients who had the specific laboratory parameter evaluated
  2. aAt the time of illness presentation (defined as within 4 months of psychiatric symptom onset)
  3. bDuring the first flare of neuropsychiatric symptoms in our clinic