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. 2019 Mar 27;7(6):e14017. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14017

Table 1.

Patient characteristics of healthy controls, patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon and systemic sclerosis

Healthy controls N = 10 Primary Raynaud phenomenon N = 10 Systemic sclerosis N = 10
Age (years), mean ± SD 29.9 ± 2.7 47.8 ± 16.2 56.2 ± 11.5
Female gender, n 7 8 5
Weight (kg), mean ± SD 71.3 ± 11.7 64.4 ± 11.9 73.3 ± 11.3
Height (cm), mean ± SD 177 ± 8.7 170 ± 10.0 176 ± 5.9
Smoking, n
Current 0 1 2
Past smoker 0 3 7
Comorbidities, n
Hypertension 0 1 2
Hypercholesterolemia 0 0 1
Diabetes 0 1 0
ACR/EULAR score ≥9, n 0 0 10
Disease duration (years), median (IQR) N/A 8.0 (4.0‐17.0) 4.5 (3.0‐6.3)
Abnormal NCM pattern, n 0 0 10
Positive autoantibodies, n 0 0 8
Organ involvement, n
Pulmonal 0 0 0
Esophageal 0 0 3
Creatinine, median (IQR) 72.1 [66.5‐77.6] 72.0 [63.5‐72.0] 76.2 [63.5‐88.6]
eGFR, median (IQR) 94.5 [90.6‐114.8] 79.3 [68.3‐97.4] 86.6 [74.1‐98.5]
Digital ulcers, n 0 0 6
Medication, n
Nifedipine 0 1 2
Iloprost 0 0 2
Bosentan 0 0 3

ACR/EULAR, The American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR); NCM, Nailfold Capillary Microscopy.