Table 1.

Real-time elastography scores of the peri-oral region in patients affected by systemic scleroderma and microstomia and in matched controls

Evaluation Site	Patients	Controls	p value
Parasagittal left	1 (1–2)	2 (2–3)	0.011
Parasagittal right	1 (1–2)	2 (2–3)	0.001
Upper axial	1 (1–2)	2 (2–3)	0.001
Lower axial	1 (1–1)	3 (3–3)	0.001
Total	6 (4–6)	11 (9–11)	0.001

Data are given as median and (25–75th percentiles)