Table 4 Distribution and importance Raynaud’s phenomenon and “swollen”/“puffy” fingers or hands in the four published MCTD criteria sets [16,17,18,19]
Kasukava et al. | Sharp | Alarcón-Segovia and Villareal | Kahn and Appelboom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Raynaud’s phenomenon | one of two obligatory criteria | one of four major criteria | one of five clinical criteria | obligatory criteria |
“swollen”/“puffy” fingers or hands | one of two obligatory criteria | one of four major criteria | one of five clinical criteria | one of three clinical criteria |