Table 3.
CREST Syndrome Elements – Patient Group and Disease Subgroups Frequency Distribution
| CREST Syndrome Elements | Limited SSc | Diffuse SSc | Total | Chi-Square | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| Calcinosis | No | 10 | 71.4 | 15 | 65.2 | 25 | 67.6 | 0.153 | 0.493, NS. |
| Yes | 4 | 28.6 | 8 | 34.8 | 12 | 32.4 | |||
| Raynaud phenomena | No | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 2.7 | 1.688 | 0.378,NS | ||
| Yes | 13 | 92.9 | 23 | 100.0 | 36 | 97.3 | |||
| Esophageal dysfunction | No | 7 | 50.0 | 7 | 30.4 | 14 | 37.8 | 1.416 | 0.234,NS |
| Yes | 7 | 50.0 | 16 | 69.6 | 23 | 62.2 | |||
| Sclerodactyly | No | 4 | 28.6 | 3 | 13.0 | 7 | 18.9 | 1.368 | 0.228,NS |
| Yes | 10 | 71.4 | 20 | 87.0 | 30 | 81.1 | |||
| Telagiectasia | No | 6 | 42.9 | 6 | 26.1 | 12 | 32.4 | 1.117 | 0.242,SS |
| Yes | 8 | 57.1 | 17 | 73.9 | 25 | 67.6 | |||
| Total | 14 | 100.0% | 23 | 100.0% | 37 | 100.0% | |||
Abbreviations: NS, not statistically significant; SS, statistically significant.