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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Oct;63(10):3078–3085. doi: 10.1002/art.30467

Table 2.

Decline in FVC% in placebo group over 12 months

N Decline in FVC% predicted, Mean (SD) P value

Disease duration, years
0–2 17 4.4 (18.8) 0.85
2–4 29 4.4 (10.1)
>4 18 3.5 (10.1)

HRCT Fibrosis score
0–2 40 2.7 (12.8) 0.008
3–4 25 7.2 (11.8)

HRCT Ground Glass Opacity score
0–1 55 4.9(13.0) 0.61
2–3 10 1.8 (9.8)

HRCT Honeycombing
0 38 3.8 (14.5) 0.96
≥1 27 5.3 (9.2)

Autoantibodies
SCL-70 17 5.2 (9.1) 0.88
Anti-Polymerase-III/anti-centromere 5 6.9 (11.5)
Others 26 4.4 (11.8)

Overall 66 4.2(12.8)