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Table 1 Clinical features of patients with DM and PM

From: HLA class II alleles may influence susceptibility to adult dermatomyositis and polymyositis in a Han Chinese population

  DM n (%) (N = 71) PM n (%) (N = 20) p(DM vs. PM)
Serologic group    
 MSA (anti-Jo-1) 1 (1.4) 2 (10) 0.06
 MAA (SSA, SSB or Scl) 4 (5.63) 4 (20) 0.05
Clinical presentations    
 Fever 4 (5.6) 1 (5) 0.92
 Raynaud’s disease 0.00 1 (5) 0.06
 Arthritis 1 (1.4) 0.00 0.59
 Interstitial lung disease 261 (37.7) 132 (76.5) 0.04
 Palpitations 1 (1.4) 0.00 0.59
 Dysphagia 10 (14.1) 4 (20) 0.51
 V-sign 26 (36.6) 0.00 n/a
 Gottron papules 24 (33.8) 0.00 n/a
 Periorbital edematous rash 11 (15.5) 0.00 n/a
 Shawl sign 13 (18.3) 0.00 n/a
 Cuticular overgrowth 3 (4.2) 0.00 n/a
  1. MSA: myositosis-specific autoantiboides; MAA: myositosis associated autoantibodies;
  2. 169 DM patients evaluated; 217 PM patients evaluated; n/a: not applicable.