Table 2:

Main clinical features of 158 patients with SSc included in the study

	Total SSc patients n=158
SSctype
lcSSc (n,%)	95 (60.1)
dcSSc (n,%)	63 (39.9)
Pulmonary Fibrosis (n,%)	48 (30.4)
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (n,%)	23 (14.6)
Ulcers (n,%)	62 (39.2)
GI involvement
Upper (n,%)	91 (57.6)
Lower (n,%)	2(1.3)
Both (n,%)	8 (5)
Arthritis (n,%)	34 (21.5)
Serositis (n,%)	10 (6.3)
Telangiectasia (n,%)	84 (53.2)
Calcinosis (n,%)	18 (11.4)
RenalCrisis (n,%)	2 (1.3)

lcSSc: limited SSc, dcSSc: diffused SSc, GI: Gastro-Intestinal