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Supplementary Table 2 Clinical characteristics of 35 patients with verified systemic sclerosis, grouped according to pulmonary involvement and duration of disease.

From: Von Willebrand factor propeptide as a marker of disease activity in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)

 

Group A (n = 12)

Group B (n = 23)

 
 

Median

Range

(SEM)

Median

Range

(SEM)

 

dSSc/lSSc

8/4

  

5/18

   

ACA/antiScl70

0/0

  

14/1

   

Age (y)

57

26–75

(4.7)

49

25–76

(2.8)

ns

Disease duration (y)

1

1–1

(0)

2

1–49

(2.3)

P < 0.01

Skin score (points)

26

3–36

(3.2)

8

2–26

(1.6)

P < 0.01

VC (%p)

77

51–113

(5.6)

97

62–148

(3.8)

P < 0.05

DLCO (%p)

62

40–90

(4.9)

85

47–116

(3.7)

P < 0.01

PAPsyst (mmHg)

36

27–65

(3.9)

30

18–59

(3.4)

ns

GFR (%p)

103

89–130

(5.4)

96

70–136

(4.1)

ns

Capillary density (loops/mm)

4.2

2.4–6.9

(0.6)

5.5

2.2–8.4

(0.4)

ns

  1. DLCO, carbon monoxide-diffusing capacity; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; PAPsyst, systolic pulmonary artery pressure; VC, vital capacity. P values indicate the difference between group A and group B. ns = Not significant.