TABLE 1.
CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS
Age (yr) | Sex | Smoking | Pathology | FVC (%) | FEV1 (%) | DlCO (%) | PAP (mm Hg) | |
SSc 1 | 45 | Male | No | UIP/NSIP | 26 | 28 | 30 | 35/17 |
SSc 2 | 52 | Female | Yes | UIP | 36 | 44 | 20 | 34/14 |
SSc 3 | 58 | Male | Yes | UIP | 63 | 77 | 16 | 61/26 |
Definition of abbreviations: NSIP = nonspecific interstitial pneumonia; PAP = pulmonary artery pressure; SSc = systemic sclerosis; UIP = usual interstitial pneumonia.