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A comparison between nailfold capillaroscopy patterns in adulthood in juvenile and adult-onset systemic sclerosis: A EUSTAR exploratory study

  • on behalf of the EUSTAR co-authors
  • UOC Reumatologia e Immunologia Clinica
  • ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia
  • University of Milan
  • Istituto Gaetano Pini
  • Medical Statistics and Biometry
  • Ghent University Hospital
  • University of Genova
  • Hamburg Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology
  • Hospital Dr. Peset
  • Univ-Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris-Cité
  • Immunology and Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi
  • Psicobiol. Univ. Fed. de Sao Paolo
  • Division of Rheumatology
  • Charles University in Prague
  • Ion Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital
  • Vilnius University
  • University of Foggia
  • Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
  • Unità di Reumatologia AOUI Verona
  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
  • Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II
  • University of Pecs Medical School
  • Hospital Universitàrio de Coimbra
  • Hospital Universitario Madrid Norte Sanchinarro
  • Federal University of Paraná
  • Gentofte Hospital
  • University Hospital of Catania
  • University Hospital Zurich
  • CHRU Roger Salengro
  • Clinical Emergency Hospital St Pantelimon
  • Hôpital Saint-Louis
  • Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
  • Università di Ancona
  • Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF
  • Clinica Corominas
  • Central Military Emergency University Hospital
  • University of Florence
  • Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Marien Hospital Stuttgart
  • Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
  • Lunds University Hospital
  • University of Otago
  • University of Bari
  • University of Silesia
  • Endokrinologikum Frankfurt
  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital
  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
  • Wroclaw Medical University
  • Université Paris Descartes
  • Rheumatology Granollers General Hospital
  • East-Tallin Central Hospital
  • Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital
  • Universita La Sapienza
  • San Gerardo Hospital
  • IRCCS for Cancer Research
  • University Medical Centre Ljubljana
  • University of Bonn and University Hospital Bonn
  • University of Waikato
  • Institute for Prevention
  • University of Debrecen
  • University Hospital Basel
  • University of Cagliari
  • Unit of Internal Medicine

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Abstract

Objective: Qualitative capillaroscopy patterns in juvenile- and adult-onset systemic sclerosis (SSc) were studied in adulthood using data from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) database. Methods: Data collected between June 2004 and April 2013 were examined with focus on capillaroscopy. In this retrospective exploratory study, series of patients with juvenile-onset SSc were matched with series of adult-onset SSc having the same gender and autoantibody profile. Results: 30 of 123 patients with juvenile-onset and 2108 of 7133 with adult-onset SSc had data on capillaroscopy. Juvenile-onset SSc showed scleroderma pattern more frequently than adult-onset SSc (93.3% and 88%). The OR was 2.44 and 95% CI 0.57-10.41. An active scleroderma pattern was present in 58% of juvenile- and 61% of adult-onset SSc. The OR was 0.91 and 95% CI 0.28-2.93. The late scleroderma pattern was present in 61% of juvenile- and 55.5% of adult-onset SSc. The OR was 1.06 and 95% CI 0.34-3.56. Conclusion: This is the first exploratory study on the comparison of capillaroscopy between juvenile- and adult-onset SSc in adulthood. Juvenile-onset SSc had an increase prevalence of scleroderma pattern, but a similar distribution of the three patterns was suggested. Further studies are needed to define this issue.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19-24
Number of pages6
JournalMicrovascular Research
Volume102
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2015

Keywords

  • Capillaroscopy
  • EUSTAR
  • Juvenile systemic sclerosis
  • Microcirculation
  • Nailfold capillaroscopy
  • Systemic sclerosis
  • Videocapillaroscopy

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