Research Article
Skin Autofluorescence in Systemic Sclerosis Is Related to the Disease and Vascular Damage: A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study of Comparative Groups
Table 1
Main characteristics of 47 systemic sclerosis patients matched by age and gender to 47 healthy controls.
| ā | Systemic sclerosis patients
| Healthy controls
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| Mean age, years Median | 52.64 (SD 11.20) 52 | 52.57 (SD 7.69) 52 | 0.974 | Gender, female, nr (%) | 41 (87.2%) | 41 (87.2%) | 1.00 | Body mass index, kg/m2 | 24.27 (SD 4.63) | 26.09 (SD 4.50) | 0.06 | Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 5.80 (1.46) | 6.22 (1.13) | 0.132 | Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L | 3.6651 (SD 1.33) | 4.1088 (SD 0.99) | 0.083 | High density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L | 1.35 (SD 0.38) | 1.57 (SD 0.34) | 0.006 | Triglycerides, mmol/L | 1.53 (SD 0.68) | 1.15 (SD 0.53) | 0.005 |
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