Table 1: Demographic and baseline data of 129 women with systemic sclerosis.

No. of women in the study No. of pregnancies	129 278
Women with pregnancy Pregnant women with dcSSc: lcSSc (ratio) Women with pregnancy only after disease onset: Women only before disease onset (ratio) Women with dsSSc subtype pregnancy after disease onset; Women with dcSSc subtype before disease onset	109 52:57 18:71 6 (33.3%); 36 (50.7%)
Non-pregnant women Non-pregnant women with dcSSc Never married Chose to have no children Not allowed	20 (15%) 14 (70%) 15 4 1
Smoker Non-pregnant Pregnant	3 1 3
Age Age of women in the study, mean (±SD) Age of women with dcSSc/lcSSc subtype	33.95 (9.25) 31.83 (± 8.08): 30.21 (± 9.45)
Women with successful pregnancy Women with unsuccessful pregnancy	102:109 (93.5%) 7:109 (6.4%)
Pregnancy loss (abortion) Early pregnancy loss Women with RPL RPL^* in women with unsuccessful pregnancy	46 (16.5%) 34 (12.2%) 10 1
Positive^** ANA/ANA assay Diffuse: Limited Non-pregnant: Pregnant	109:120 (90.8%) 56:62/53:58 18:19/91:101
^**ATA assay Women with positive ATAs	114 (95.0%) 78 (68.4%)
^ŧACA assay Positive ACA assay	113 10 (8.8%)

^*RPL: Repeated Pregnancy Loss; ^**ANA: Anti-nuclear Antibodies; ^**ATA: Anti-Topoisomerase I antibodies; ^ŧACA assay: Anti-Centromere Antibodies.