Table 1

Medians (and IQR) for eight measures describing components of the finger skin temperature response to cold, and corresponding sensitivities, specificities and AUC (and 95% CI)

MeasureFingers with whiteness symptoms (Group A)Fingers without whiteness symptoms (Group B)Sensitivity (%)Specificity (%)AUC (95% CI)
Time to rise by 3°C (s)367 (192–508)116 (61–180)73780.77 (0.71 to 0.83)
Time to rise by 4°C (s)456 (278–612)151 (87–202)77790.80 (0.74 to 0.85)
Time to rise by 6°C (s)593 (224–660)245 (173–366)71690.71 (0.65 to 0.76)
Temperature at 5 min of recovery (°C)18.4 (15.9–20.0)22.8 (20.9–25.5)80790.81 (0.75 to 0.86)
Temperature at 10 min of recovery (°C)21.4 (19.3–23.9)24.9 (22.8–27.5)79740.78 (0.72 to 0.84)
Rate of rewarming to 5 min of recovery (°C/min)0.61 (0.34–0.84)1.38 (1.21–1.63)77730.75 (0.69 to 0.80)
Rate of rewarming to 10 min of recovery (°C/min)0.59 (0.37–0.83)0.96 (0.75–1.14)78710.73 (0.67 to 0.78)
Area above the rewarming curve (°Cs)6996 (6221–7900)2895 (2069–3599)81800.82 (0.76 to 0.87)