Fig. 2.

Comorbidities at baseline in a patients with SSc and b patients with SSc-ILD (JMDC and MDV). Comorbidities were defined by ICD10 MHLW2013. ILD: J84.x; Heart failure: I50.x; Digital ulcer/gangrene: L98.x; Pulmonary hypertension: I27.x; Arrhythmia: I44.x, I45.x, I47.x, I48.x, I49.x; Kidney failure: N17.x, N18.x, N19.x; Respiratory failure: J96.x; Pseudo-ileus: K56.x; Scleroderma renal crisis: M34.8; Pericarditis: I30.x, I31.x, I32.x; Cardiomyopathy: I42.x, I43.x. ICD International Classification of Disease, ILD interstitial lung disease, JMDC Japanese Medical Data Centre, MDV Medical Data Vision, SSc systemic sclerosis, SSc-ILD SSc-associated interstitial lung disease