Table 2 NFC patterns seen across diagnoses
No RP (n = 54) | Primary RP (n = 69) | Secondary RP (n = 172) [subset with red flag features (n = 101)] | SSc (n = 52) | All patients (n = 347) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NFC findings | Normal | 29 (54) | 27 (39) | 80 (47) [51 (51)] | 7 (14) | 143 (41) |
Non-specific | 21 (39) | 33 (48) | 62 (36) [36 (36)] | 8 (15) | 124 (36) | |
Early vasculopathy | 4 (7) | 9 (13) | 17 (10) [10 (10)] | 13 (25) | 43 (12) | |
Active vasculopathy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (6) [3 (3)] | 20 (39) | 31 (9) | |
Late vasculopathy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) [1 (1)] | 4 (8) | 6 (2) | |
Any SSc pattern (early/active/late) | 4 (7) | 9 (13) | 30 (17) [14 (14)] | 37 (71) | 80 (23) | |
Criteria met post NFC | VEDOSS | 5 (9) | 0 (0) | 36 (21) [16 (16)] | 12 (23) | 53 (15) |
2013 ACR/EULAR | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 3 (2) [3 (3)] | 37 (71) | 41 (12) | |
Either SSc criteria | 6 (11) | 0(0) | 39 (23) [19 (19)] | 49 (94) | 94 (27) |