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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2011 Jun 17;38(7):1317–1325. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.100956

Table 4.

Risk of organ involvement in scleroderma

Outcome Age-onset modeled as dichotomous variable OR (95% CI) Age-onset modeled as continuous variable†† OR (95% CI)
Pulmonary hypertension (right heart catheterization) n=2300
 Unadjusted 1.23 (0.75, 2.03) 1.09 (0.98, 1.22)
 Adjusted* 1.76 (1.00, 3.12) 1.34 (1.17, 1.54)
Pulmonary hypertension (echocardiogram or right heart catheterization) n=2300
 Unadjusted 1.89 (1.42, 2.52) 1.25 (1.17, 1.33)
 Adjusted* 3.28 (2.34, 4.60) 1.66 (1.52, 1.81)
Restrictive lung disease (FVC <70%): among non-obstructed n=1568
 Unadjusted 0.69 (0.47, 1.00) 0.95 (0.88, 1.02)
 Adjusted** 0.80 (0.54, 1.19) 1.01 (0.93, 1.09)
Cardiac disease n=1991
 Unadjusted 1.93 (1.40, 2.66) 1.30 (1.21, 1.40)
 Adjusted** 2.69 (1.92, 3.78) 1.60 (1.46, 1.75)
Muscle weakness n=1976
 Unadjusted 1.57 (1.12, 2.20) 1.09 (1.01, 1.17)
 Adjusted§ 1.85 (1.30, 2.64) 1.14 (1.05, 1.23)
Digital ischemia n=2286
 Unadjusted 0.45 (0.34, 0.61) 0.75 (0.71, 0.80)
 Adjusted§§ 0.64 (0.47, 0.86) 0.82 (0.76, 0.87)
Severe gastrointestinal involvement n=1153
 Unadjusted 0.46 (0.29, 0.72) 0.92 (0.83, 1.02)
 Adjusted§ 0.80 (0.49, 1.30) 1.11 (0.99, 1.25)
Renal impairment n=2022
 Unadjusted 2.28 (1.63, 3.19) 1.27 (1.17, 1.38)
 Adjusted§ 2.83 (1.98, 4.04) 1.41 (1.28, 1.55)

Age modeled as both dichotomous and continuous variables in logistic regression

Late-onset defined as first non-Raynaud's scleroderma symptom ≥ 65 years of age

††

Age-onset per ten years

*

Adjusted for race, sex, subtype, disease duration, FVC

**

Adjusted for race, sex, subtype, disease duration, smoking status

§

Adjusted for race, sex, subtype, disease duration

§§

Adjusted for race, sex, subtype, disease duration, smoking status