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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2012 Jun 1;39(7):1385–1391. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.111380

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).

Characteristic
Sex
    Female 16**
    Male 2
Age, yrs, mean ± SD 56.8 ± 10.7
Duration of RP yrs, mean ± SD 11.7 ± 9.8
Type of SSc
    Diffuse 2**
    Limited 16
Duration of SSc, yrs*, mean ± SD 7.4 ± 8.2
First SSc symptoms
    Skin thickening 3**
    Digital ulcer 2
    Dyspnea 2
    Polyarthritis 3
    Reflux 1
Immunosuppression
    Azathioprine 1**
    Mycophenolate mofetil 2
    Methotrexate 2
    None 13
*

From first non-Raynaud's symptom

**

Frequency. RP: Raynaud's phenomenon.