Table 3.
Prevalence of comorbidities in limited or diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) matched controls
| Comorbidity | Limited SSc n = 182 |
RA n = 182 |
OR | Diffuse SSc n = 226 |
RA n = 226 |
OR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes mellitus | 12 (6.6) | 23 (12.6) | 0.485 (0.234–1.007) | 11 (4.8) | 25 (11.1) | 0.408 (0.195–0850) |
| Dyslipidemia | 34 (18.7) | 56 (30.8) | 0.513 (0.315–0.836) | 38 (16.7) | 67 (29.6) | 0.475 (0.303–0.745) |
| Arterial hypertension | 56 (30.8) | 54 (29.7) | 1.04 (0.668–1.635) | 75 (33.2) | 71 (31.4) | 1.084 (0.731–1.609) |
| Coronary event | 4 (2.2) | 6 (3.3) | 0.655 (0.182–2.363) | 7 (3.1) | 9 (4.0) | 0.764 (0.279–2.087) |
| Stroke | 5 (2.7) | 6 (3.3) | 0.824 (0.247–2.749) | 3 (1.3) | 8 (3.5) | 0.363 (0.095–1.387) |
| Ischemic | 3 (1.6) | 5 (2.7) | 0.590 (0.139–2.506) | 2 (0.9) | 7 (3.1) | 0.277 (0.057–1.347) |
| Hemorrhagic | 2 (1.1) | 1 (0.5) | 2.00 (0.18–22.252) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 0.991 (0.062–15.944) |
| Neoplasia | 7 (3.8) | 8 (4.4) | 0.865 (0.307–2.437) | 10 (4.4) | 11 (4.9) | 0.897 (0.373–2.155) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 8 (4.4) | 6 (3.3) | 1.341 (0.456–3.945) | 13 (5.7) | 9 (4.0) | 1.758 (0.610–3.482) |
| Osteoporosis | 41 (22.4) | 39 (21.4) | 1.09 (0.79–1.50) | 57 (25) | 52 (23) | 1.115 (0.725–1.716) |
| Depression | 27 (14.8) | 22 (12.1) | 1.259 (0.688–2.304) | 63 (27.6) | 27 (11.9) | 2.814 (1.714–4.620) |