Table 4. American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis

Item Sub-item(s) score
Skin thickening of the fingers of both hands extending proximal to the MCP joints (sufficient criterion) 9
Skin thickening of the fingers (only count the higher score) Puffy fingers 2
Sclerodactyly of the fingers 4
Fingertip lesions (only count the higher score) Digital tip ulcers 2
Fingertip pitting scars 3
Telangiectasia 2
Abnormal nailfold capillaries 2
PAH and/or interstitial lung disease (maximum score is 2) Pulmonary arterial hypertension 2
Interstitial lung disease 2
Raynaud’s phenomenon 3
SSc-related autoantibodies anticentromereanti.topoisomerase I [anti.Scl-70]anti.RNA polymerase III 3