Supplementary Table 1

Clinical characteristics of 44 patients with systemic sclerosis, grouped according to the skin involvement
Disease form
 dSSc
 lSSc
 suspSSc
No.
 13
 23
 8
Sex (F/M)
 12/1
 21/2
 8/0







Normal

Median
 Range (SEM)
 Median
 Range (SEM)
 Median
 Range (SEM)
 values
Age (y)
 49
 27–75 (4.0)
 56
 18–76 (3.3)
 51
 20–67 (6)
Duration (y)
 1
 1–7 (0.46)
 2
 1–49 (2.4)
 –

Skin score (points)
 26
 15–36 (1.7)
 5
 2–15 (0.81)
 3
 2–4 (0.3)
 0
VC (%p)
 97
 61–148 (6.3)
 94
 51–120 (3.8)
 99
 84–130 (6.0)
 80–120
DLCO (%p)
 77
 46–111 (6.0)
 77
 40–116 (4.3)
 86
 67–105 (5.4)
 80–120
PAPsyst (mmHg)
 36
 20–43 (2.9)
 30
 18–65 (3.5)
 28
 24–34 (1.6)
 ≤ 32
GFR (%p)
 109
 94–130 (4.6)
 95
 70–136 (3.8)
 101
 93–114 (2.6)
 80–120
Capillary density (loops/mm)
 5.1
 2.9–8.3 (0.7)
 4.5
 2.2–8.4 (0.4)
 6.9
 5.7–7.4 (0.3)
 7.5–11.2
ESR (mm/h)
 18
 2–70 (6.3)
 14
 4–70 (3.2)
 12.5
 2–33 (4.3)
 <20
CRP (mg/l)
 6.5
 5–88 (6.9)
 5
 5–32 (1.2)
 5
 5–26 (2.6)
 <5
Orosomucoid (g/l)
 0.94
 0.70–1.89 (0.11)
 0.87
 0.42–1.63 (0.53)
 0.76
 0.45–1.13 (0.09)
 0.55–1.05

DLCO, carbon monoxide-diffusing capacity; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; PAPsyst, systolic pulmonary artery pressure; VC, vital capacity; %p, % of predictive value.

Scheja et al. Arthritis Res 2001 3:178   doi:10.1186/ar295

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