Table 1: Demographic and Baseline data in 133 Systemic sclerosis patients with foot pain.
| Numbers of patients | All 133 | Foot pain 32 (24.1) | No foot pains 101 (75.9) | P value |
| Age at time of diagnosis *(mean ± SD/years)) | 39.3 ± 13.1 | 34.5 ± 11.3 | 40.8 ± 13.3 | 0.01 |
| Time interval from diagnosis to study *(mean ± SD/years)) | 6.7 ± 5.8 | 8.2 ± 5.2 | 6.3 ± 5.9 | 0.10 |
| Gender: Female †No (%) | 119 (89) | 30 (93.8) | 89 (88.1) | 0.50 |
| Diffuse subset No (%) | 54 (40.6) | 19 (59.4) | 35 (34.7) | 0.02 |
| Raynaud's on foot (seen by physician) | 20 (15.3) | 19 (59.4) | 1 (0.9) | 0.001 |
|
Foot lesion ¶No (%) Foot vascular lesion Foot mechanical lesion |
47 (35.0) 31 (23.3) 40 (30.1) |
32 (100.0) 23 (71.9) 30 (93.8) |
15 (14.9) 8 (7.9) 10 (9.9) |
0.001 0.001 0.001 |
*mean ± SD; means ± Standard deviation; †No (%): number (percentage); ¶No: number of patients with lesion.