Table 3.
UCTD | N=141 |
Presenting symptoms, no (%) | |
Arthralgias/arthritis | 73 (51.7) |
Raynaud’s phenomenon | 70 (49.6) |
Skin rash (any type) | 25 (17.7) |
Constitutional | 22 (15.6) |
Haematologic | 16 (11.35) |
Sicca syndrome | 15 (10.6) |
Serositis | 3 (2.1) |
Cumulative disease manifestations, no (%) | |
Articular | 98 (69.5) |
Raynaud’s phenomenon | 94 (66.6) |
Sicca syndrome | 65 (46) |
Constitutional | 65 (46) |
Skin rash (any type) | 34 (24.1) |
Haematologic | 23 (16.3) |
Serositis | 5 (3.5) |
Immunological characteristics, no/total number of test available (%) | |
ANA+ | 141/141 (100) |
Anti-Ro | 36/132 (27.3) |
aPL+, no (%) | 35/141 (24.8) |
Anti-RNP+, no (%) | 7/127 (5.5) |
Anti-dsDNA+ | 7/134 (5.22) |
Anti-La | 6/131 (4.5) |
Anti-Sm+, no (%) | 2/127 (1.6) |
Direct Coomb’s test, no (%) | 16/111 (14.4) |
Hypocomplementaemia, no (%) | 64/141 (45.3) |
Comorbidities, no (%) | |
None | 33 (24) |
Autoimmune thyroiditis | 41 (29) |
Fibromyalgia | 38 (26) |
Arterial hypertension | 19 (13.4) |
Steoporosis | 15 (10.6) |
Autoimmune gastritis | 4 (2.8) |
Coeliac disease | 3 (2.1) |
Psoriasis | 3 (2.1) |
Primary biliary cirrhosis | 2 (1.4) |
sUCTD, stable UCTD; UCTD, undifferentiated connective tissue disease.