Table 1 Clinical characteristics at the time of blood sampling in 23 patients with SSc*
Raynaud's phenomenon | 23 (100%) |
Digital ulcers | 9 (39%) |
Interstitial lung disease | 10 (43%) |
Current smoker | 1 (4%) |
Past smoker | 1 (4%) |
Hypertension | 6 (26%) |
Hypercholesterolemia | 4 (17%) |
Positive anti-nuclear antibody | 23 (100%) |
Positive anticentromere | 8 (35%) |
Positive anti-topoisomerase I | 5 (22%) |
Positive anti-U1RNP | 2 (9%) |
Positive anti-Th/To | 3 (13%) |
Positive anti-RNA polymerase III | 2 (9%) |