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Table 2 Factors associated with discordance (≥2point difference, with higher score indicating poorer functioning/more severe disease) in gVAS scores between PF and MD (all p < 0.01), and those with no effect on discordance

From: Patient and physician discordance of global disease assessment in juvenile dermatomyositis: findings from the Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance Legacy Registry

Patient/Family gVAS score higher

Physician gVAS score higher

No effect on discordance

Poorer CHAQ scores

Muscle enzyme abnormalities

Current age/age of onset

Poorer Quality of Life scores

Proximal muscle weakness

Disease duration

 

Presence of rash/calcinosis

Gender

 

Nailfold capillaroscopy changes

Race/ethnicity

 

Joint involvement

Income level

 

Current use of steroids

CMAS score

  

Gastrointestinal/Cardiac involvement

  

Pain score

  1. CHAQ = Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire; CMAS = Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale