Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with SSc.

ACA, anticentromere antibodies; ANA, antinuclear antibodies; Anti-Scl70, anti-Scl70 antibodies; CYC, cyclophosphamide; dSSc, diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis; ILD, interstitial lung disease; lSSc, limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis; NVC, nailfold videocapillaroscopy; SSc, systemic sclerosis. Except where indicated otherwise, values are the absolute number and percentage of patients. §Disease duration was calculated since the first non-Raynaud’s symptom of SSc. #Determined by high-resolution computed tomography scan. ¥Eight patients with lSSc and five patients with dSSc. Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with SSc.