Table 5 |
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Correlation between flow-mediated dilation and Raynaud's phenomenon |
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n |
Correlationa |
P value |
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MCTD with Raynaud's phenomenon |
39/50 |
0.768 |
0.001 |
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MCTD without Raynaud's phenomenon |
11/50 |
0.25 |
0.235 |
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Raynaud's phenomenon in MCTD/CVD+ and MCTD/CVD- patients |
22/17 |
0.522 |
0.001 |
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CVD, cardiovascular disease; MCTD, mixed connective tissue disease. aSpearman correlation coefficient. |
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Soltesz et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2010 12:R78 doi:10.1186/ar2999 |
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