Different patient groups with a capillary scleroderma pattern and follow-up (FU) data
| Patient group | JDM n=11 | jUCTD n=13 | jSSc n=7 | cSLE n=53 | P value |
| Scleroderma pattern at first capillaroscopy, n (%) | 7 (63.6) | 9 (69.2) | 7 (100) | 7 (13.2) | 0.001/<0.001/<0.001* |
| No fingers with scleroderma pattern, median (IQR) | 8 (7–8) | 3 (2.5–8) | 8 (6–8) | 4 (2–6) | 0.03/0.76/0.10† |
| FU patients, n (%) | 7 (77.8) | 3 (23.1) | 5 (71.4) | 33 (62.3) | |
| Scleroderma pattern at FU, n/total FU patients (%) | 3/7 (42.9) | 2/3 (66.7) | 5/5 (100) | 8/33 (24.2) | 0.208/0.181/0.003* |
| No fingers with scleroderma pattern in FU, median (IQR) | 7 (7) | 5 (5) | 8 (5–8) | 5.5 (2.5–7) | 0.09/0.89/0.07† |
Bold indicates statistically significant p values (<0.05).
*2/Fisher’s exact analysis between the two subgroups.
†Mann-Whitney U test between cSLE and, respectively, JDM/jUCTD/jSSc.
cSLE, childhood-onset SLE; JDM, juvenile dermatomyositis; jSSc, juvenile systemic sclerosis; jUCTD, juvenile undifferentiated connective tissue disease.