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Table 3 Correlations of clinical factors and end row capillary loops in untreated JDM

From: Nailfold capillary density in 140 untreated children with juvenile dermatomyositis: an indicator of disease activity

 

mean (SD)

Pearson Correlation Coefficient

P-valueb

Age, years

6.7 (3.7)

0.096

0.99

Duration of Untreated Disease (DUD), months

9.1 (12.4)

-0.174

0.32

Childhood Myosotis Assessment Scale (CMAS)a (n = 86)

32.0 (13.2)

0.045

0.99

Disease Activity Score (DAS)-Total, (n = 136)

10.8 (3.3)

- 0.077

0.99

 DAS-Skin, (n = 137)

5.7 (1.3)

- 0.267

0.014

 DAS-Muscle, (n = 139)

5.1 (2.8)

0.032

0.99

von Willebrand Factor Antigen % (vWF:Ag), (n = 124)

159.6 (88.0)

0.242

0.049

  1. aCMAS was initiated in our clinic setting in 2002
  2. bBonferroni Correction