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Raynaud's Phenomenon in a Female Population: Prevalence and Association with Other Conditions

Department of Family Medicine, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden

Hans Aberg

Department of Family Medicine, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden

Ivar Ringqvist

From the Department of Clinical Physiology, Central Hospital, Västerås, Sweden

Stefan Sörensson

Department of Family Medicine, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden

In a random sample of 3000 women of ages eighteen to fifty-nine years in the city of Västerås, Sweden, 19% of the 2705 responders to a questionnaire com plained of cold and white fingers with or without numbness. On the basis of interview and examination, 79% of these women were diagnosed as having Ray naud's phenomenon (RP), giving a prevalence of 15.6%. A significantly higher rate of family members with cold, white fingers was found only in the group of women with pronounced RP (p < 0.001). A significantly higher frequency of women with pronounced RP than of the control group had a history of recur rent muscle/joint pain (p < 0.05). Laboratory tests that might indicate an active connective tissue disease did not, however, confirm a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. All three subgroups differed significantly from the control group in terms of recurrent chest pains; subgroups 2 and N differed significantly from controls in terms of recurrent headaches.

Angiology, Vol. 38, No. 12, 871-877 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978703801201


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