Table 1 Demographic data
|
Controls (n= 86) |
Patients with SSc (n= 129) |
Patients with dcSSc (n= 50) |
Patients with lcSSc (n= 79) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years, median (range) | 43 (19-64) | 53 (21-82) | 51 (21-65) | 55 (21-82) |
| Females, percentage | 30 | 85 | 78 | 88 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Caucasian | 100% | 71% | 68% | 75% |
| African-American | 14% | 14% | 13% | |
| Other | 15% | 18% | 12% | |
| Disease duration | N/A | |||
| 0-18 months | 19% | 36% | 9% | |
| 19-36 months | 10% | 12% | 9% | |
| > 36 months | 71% | 52% | 82% | |
| MRSS from 0 to 51, median (range) | N/A | 6 (2-45) | 16 (2-45) | 4 (2-25) |
| BMI in kg/m2, median (range) | N/A | 25 (14-48) | 25 (18-39) | 25 (14-48) |