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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2010 Jun 1;37(8):10.3899/jrheum.090504. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.090504

Table 4.

Burden profiles: burden scores when patients with SSc report specific problems (n = 62).

Problem n Burden Scores
Bowel Calcinosis Eating Hand Pain Breath* Skin Sleep
Bowel 44 5.33 1.8 3.8 5.72 6.01 4.4 5.1 4.8
Calcinosis 16 5.3 5.4 4.6 6.62 6.81 4.0 6.2 6.33
Eating 39 4.6 2.0 5.0 5.82 6.01 4.4 5.23 4.6
Hand 55 3.9 1.6 3.3 5.71 5.62 3.6 4.63 4.2
Pain 57 4.0 1.5 3.4 5.42 5.61 3.7 4.73 4.4
Breath* 41 4.6 1.4 4.1 5.62 5.81 5.43 5.1 4.5
Skin 54 4.1 1.5 3.4 5.51 5.51 4.0 5.03 4.2
Sleep 45 4.5 1.9 3.8 5.82 6.31 4.3 5.2 5.53
*

Shortness of breath.

1

Highest burden score per problem area.

2

Second-highest burden score per problem area.

3

Third-highest burden score per problem area.