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Table 2 Patient characteristics för SSc-ILD prospective group

From: Anti-Ro52 positivity is associated with progressive interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis—an exploratory study

Characteristic

Anti-Ro52 negative, N = 33 (77%)a

Anti-Ro52 positive, N = 10 (23%)a

Overall, N = 43a

p-valueb

Female

26 (79%)

9 (90%)

35 (81%)

0.656

Weight (kg)

70.8 (15.0)

61.0 (6.5)

68.5 (14.1)

0.029

Height (m)

1.68 (0.9)

1.63 (0.6)

1.67 (0.09)

0.185

Smokingc

12 (38%)

2 (20%)

14 (33%)

0.451

dcSSc

13 (39%)

3 (30%)

16 (37%)

0.719

Myositis

2 (6.1%)

2 (20%)

4 (9.3%)

0.226

PAH

3 (9.1%)

1 (10%)

4 (9.3%)

 > 0.999

Autoantibodies

 Anti-Scl-70

13 (39%)

3 (30%)

16 (37%)

0.719

 Anti-centromere

5 (15%)

1 (10%)

6 (14%)

 > 0.999

 Anti-RNA polymerase III

5 (15%)

2 (20%)

7 (16%)

0.656

ANA patternd

 Homogeneous (AC-1)

12 (37%)

4 (40%)

16 (37%)

 > 0.999

 Centromere (AC-3)

4 (12%)

1 (10%)

5 (12%)

 > 0.999

 Large speckled (AC-5)

14 (42%)

8 (80%)

22 (51%)

0.069

 Nucleolar (AC-8/9/10)

8 (24%)

2 (20%)

10 (23%)

 > 0.999

Immunomodulator usee

30 (91%)

8 (80%)

38 (88%)

0.575

Baseline vital capacity (liters)

3.1 (0.8)

2.7 (0.6)

3.0 (0.8)

0.342

Baseline vital capacity (%predicted)

84 (16)

83 (17)

83.5 (16.0)

0.810

Disease duration at inclusion (years)f

1.8 (0.9)

1.8 (1.2)

1.8 (1.0)

0.499

Number of visits

5 (4, 5)

5 (4, 5)

5 (4, 5)

0.964

Follow-up time

3.7 (1.3)

3.6 (1.0)

3.7 (1.3)

0.518

  1. an (%), Mean (SD); Median (IQR)
  2. bPearson's Chi-squared test; Fisher's exact test; Mann–Whitney U test
  3. cuse ever
  4. dANA pattern as defined by ICAP
  5. euse ever of mycophenolic acid, cyclophosphamide, rituximab, tocilizumab, nintedanib, azathioprine, methotrexate, tumor necrosis factor inhibitors; dcSSc diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, PAH Pulmonary arterial hypertension
  6. fdisease onset defined as first non-Raynaud’s phenomenon symptom