Table 1.
Main characteristics of 47 systemic sclerosis patients matched by age and gender to 47 healthy controls.
| Systemic sclerosis patients n = 47 |
Healthy controls n = 47 |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age, years Median |
52.64 (SD 11.20) 52 |
52.57 (SD 7.69) 52 |
0.974 |
| Gender, female, nr (%) | 41 (87.2%) | 41 (87.2%) | 1.00 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 24.27 (SD 4.63) | 26.09 (SD 4.50) | 0.06 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 5.80 (1.46) | 6.22 (1.13) | 0.132 |
| Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L | 3.6651 (SD 1.33) | 4.1088 (SD 0.99) | 0.083 |
| High density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L | 1.35 (SD 0.38) | 1.57 (SD 0.34) | 0.006 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/L | 1.53 (SD 0.68) | 1.15 (SD 0.53) | 0.005 |