Disease characteristics | Systemic sclerosis patients | Healthy controls |
---|---|---|
( n = 26) | ( n = 10) | |
Age (years) | 55 ± 10 | 51 ± 14 |
Female sex | 18 (69) | 9 (90) |
Diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis | 20 (77) | |
Disease duration (months) | 9 ± 7.9 | |
Duration of Raynaud’s (months) | 10 ± 1.6 | |
Modified Rodnan skin score | 18.3 ± 11.24 | |
Organ involvement | ||
Oesophageal | 69.2 | |
Other gastrointestinal | 46.2 | |
Lung | 42.3 | |
Muscle | 30.8 | |
Joint | 11.5 | |
Renal | 3.8 | |
Cardiac | 7.7 | |
Serology | ||
Anti-nuclear antibody positive | 100 | |
Anti-RNA polymerase antibody | 12 | |
Anti-topoisomerase antibody | 38 | |
Anti-centromere antibody | 15 | |
Other | 35 |