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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the cohort of patients with SSc enrolled in the study

From: High NEMO score values in nailfold videocapillaroscopy are associated with the subsequent development of ischaemic digital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis

Numbers of patients

98

Male/female

8/90

Median age, years (range)

58 (21–84)

Median disease duration, years (range)

6 (0–26)

lcSSc/dcSSc

48/50

Autoantibodies

ACA, n (%)

42 (42.8)

Anti-topoisomerase I, n (%)

50 (51)

Others, n (%)

6 (6.1)

NVC patterns

Early, n (%)

16 (16.2)

Active, n (%)

42 (42.8)

Late, n (%)

40 (41)

Patients on prostanoid therapy, n (%)

36 (36.7)

Patients on bosentan/sildenafil therapy, n (%)

11 (11.2)

  1. dcSSc diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, lcSSc limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis, ACA anti-centromere antibody, NVC nailfold videocapillaroscopy