Characteristic | Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients |
---|---|
Age, years, median (range) | 56 (24 to 73) |
Sex, | |
Male | 4 (6.7) |
Female | 56 (93.3) |
Disease subset, | |
lcSSc | 37 (61.7) |
dcSSc | 23 (38.3) |
Disease duration, years, median (range)a | 7 (1 to 17) |
Autoantibody positivity, | |
ANA | 56 (93.3) |
Anti-Scl-70 | 20 (33.3) |
ACA | 25 (41.7) |
Digital ulcers | 25 (41.7) |
Nailfold videocapillaroscopy pattern, | |
Early | 21 (35.0) |
Active | 24 (40.0) |
Late | 15 (25.0) |
Skin score, median (range)b | 10 (3 to 41) |
Interstitial lung diseasec | 24 (40.0) |