Table 1. Demographic and clinical features of the scleroderma patients and control subjects.
Scleroderma group (n=46) | Control subjects (n=31) | P-value | |
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Age (year) | 48.2±9.2 | 52.4±12 | 0.1 |
Gender (male/female) | 3/43 | 6/25 | 0.086 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.1±3.6 | 26.8±3.6 | 0.37 |
ANA positivity, n (%) | 35 (76) | ||
Anti-centromer Ab, n (%) | 10 (21.7) | ||
Anti-SCL-70 Ab, n (%) | 9 (19.5) | ||
AXL (mm) | 22.80±0.71 | 22.71±0.64 | 0.55 |
SE (diopter) | −0.77±1.93 | 0.06±1.16 | 0.072 |
Nasal choroidal thickness (μm) | 148±51.5 | 261.9±66.9 | 0.012* |
Temporal choroidal thickness (μm) | 181.8±62.7 | 276.5±70.2 | 0.046* |
Subfoveal choroidal thickness (μm) | 230.5±66.3 | 363.2±83.16 | < 0.001* |
Abbreviations: ANA, anti-nuclear antibody; Ab, antibody; AXL, axial length; BMI, body mass index; SE, spherical equivalent refractive error.
*P<0.05.