PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Luis Sáez-Comet AU - Carmen Pilar Simeón-Aznar AU - Mercedes Pérez-Conesa AU - Carmen Vallejo-Rodríguez AU - Carles Tolosa-Vilella AU - Nerea Iniesta-Arandia AU - Dolores Colunga-Argüelles AU - Maria Victoria Egurbide-Arberas AU - Norberto Ortego-Centeno AU - José Antonio Vargas-Hitos AU - Mayka Freire-Dapena AU - Manuel Rubio-Rivas AU - Juan José Ríos-Blanco AU - Luis Trapiella-Martínez AU - Vicent Fonollosa-Pla AU - The RESCLE Investigators TI - Applying the ACR/EULAR Systemic Sclerosis Classification Criteria to the Spanish Scleroderma Registry Cohort AID - 10.3899/jrheum.150144 DP - 2015 Dec 01 TA - The Journal of Rheumatology PG - 2327--2331 VI - 42 IP - 12 4099 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/12/2327.short 4100 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/12/2327.full SO - J Rheumatol2015 Dec 01; 42 AB - Objective. To compare American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) classification criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc) with previous American Rheumatology Association (ARA) criteria.Methods. This was a cross-sectional multicenter study comparing sensitivity of both criteria in the cutaneous subsets in the Spanish scleroderma registry (RESCLE) cohort.Results. In 1222 patients with SSc, the most prevalent items were Raynaud phenomenon (95%), skin thickening (91%), and abnormal capillaroscopy (89%). ARA criteria classified as SSc 63.5% of all patients, and 63%, 100%, 11.2%, and 0% in the limited, diffuse, sine, and pre-SSc subsets, respectively. ACR/EULAR criteria classified 87.5% of all patients and 98.5%, 100%, 41.8%, and 15.9% in the same subsets, respectively.Conclusion. ACR/EULAR criteria are more sensitive than ARA criteria, especially in limited, sine, and pre-SSc subsets.