Clinical Study

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation in Patients with Linear Morphea Treated with Methotrexate and High-Dose Corticosteroid

Table 2

The association between MRI and mLoSSI and LoSDI.

VariablesBefore treatmentP-valueAfter treatmentP-value

Erythema0.4790.0080.4670.008

Skin thickness0.3450.0530.4660.008

New lesion/lesion extension0.4510.0090.3220.068

Dermal atrophy0.5280.0040.5580.002

Subcutaneous atrophy0.642<0.0010.585<0.001

Dyspigmentation0.5360.0020.596<0.001

correlation coefficient with MRI scores is shown in these columns. P-values are adjusted by Benjamini and Hochberg method.