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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and laboratory data from the 65 included patients

From: Pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: diagnosis by systematic screening and prognosis after three years follow-up

Data

All patients

Age (SD)

50.5 (13.4)

Female (%)

56 (86.1)

Afro-Brazilians (%)

25 (38.4)

Disease duration years (SD)

10.6 (7.7)

Telangiectasia (%)

29 (44.6)

Dyspnea

22 (33%)

Urate levels (SD)

4.5 (1.4)

Left axix deviation

2

FVC % (SD)

77.8 (16.9)

DLco % (SD)

64 (24.1)

FVC/Dlco (SD)

1.3 (0.6)

Detected TRJ (%)

49 (75)

mPAP echocardiography mmHg (SD)

31.9 (14.8)

ANA nucleolar (%)

26 (40)

Antibody positive (%)

27 (41.5)

Anti-Scl-70 (%)

12 (18.4)

Anti-centromere (%)

12 (18.4)

  1. FVC forced vital capacity, Dlco diffusion capacity for monoxide carbon, TRJ tricuspid regurgitation velocity, mPAP mean pulmonary arterial pressure, ANA antinuclear antibody, anti-Scl-70: anti-scleroderma-70 antibody