Longitudinal association between nailfold capillaroscopy and incident interstitial lung disease: A EUSTAR database analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate (1) the association between nailfold capillaroscopy pattern and 5-year risk for incident interstitial lung disease and (2) the association between transition in nailfold capillaroscopy pattern and risk of incident interstitial lung disease.

Methods

Data of adult patients from the EUSTAR database fulfilling the ACR-EULAR criteria with a disease duration ⩽5 years, having a scleroderma pattern at nailfold capillaroscopy with high-resolution computed tomography confirmed absence of interstitial lung disease (i.e. baseline) was used. Interstitial lung disease-free survival was assessed for up to 5 years of follow-up with a Cox proportional hazards model stratified on nailfold capillaroscopy pattern at baseline. The association of annual transition in nailfo

SUBMITTER: Velauthapillai A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11701895 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature