Table 1.

General characteristics of subjects whose skin biopsies were analyzed for the presence of acrolein–protein conjugates.

Parameters	SVV Patients	Control
Number of subjects	67	30
Male	33	12
Female	34	18
Age at diagnosis (years)	56.4 ± 16.5	52.1 ± 19.8
Age range (years)	19–88	20–85
Disease activity
Florid phase	11	-
Active phase	45	-
Regressive phase	11	-