Table 1

Values of clinical and laboratory parameters in patients with systemic sclerosis

	Subset	Sex	NGF	vWF	ACE	DTPA	Tlco	Skin score	Heart invol.	Joint invol.	PNS invol.	HRCT
1	L	F	17.5	1340	1.3	40	106	17	No	No	Yes	1
2	L	F	27	1240	5.2	52	80	8	Yes	No	Yes	1
3	L	M	51	1410	1.4	36	81	16	No	No	No	1
4	L	F	14.7	1200	9.4	41	58	3	No	No	No	3
5	L	F	174.2	1350	5.9	51	60	11	Yes	No	Yes	0
6	L	F	12	1370	3.6	51	85	13	Yes	No	No	2
7	D	F	223.7	2010	8.9	25	30	28	No	Yes	No	3
8	L	F	23.3	1620	0.5	50	114	8	No	No	Yes	—
9	L	F	93.2	660	4.4	19.5	65	4	No	No	Yes	2
10	L	F	49.3	1380	1.6	22	45	8	No	No	No	1
11	L	F	71.7	1030	2.3	38	95	15	No	Yes	Yes	1
12	D	F	89.2	750	5.2	32	55	26	No	Yes	No	0
13	L	F	104.5	1410	1.1	57	106	13	No	Yes	No	0
14	D	F	232.4	1800	5.8	31	40	17	No	No	No	3
15	D	F	90.2	1490	9.7	42.5	87	7	No	Yes	Yes	1
16	L	F	46	1380	6.3	64	113	22	Yes	No	Yes	2
17	D	F	39.3	1330	0.3	39	65	20	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
18	L	F	18.3	1120	1.2	66	92	8	Yes	No	No	1
19	L	F	35	3000	2.8	52	80	8	Yes	No	Yes	1
20	D	F	13	900	2.6	38	88	5	Yes	No	No	1
21	L	F	28	840	7.9	27	60	13	Yes	No	No	2
22	D	F	8	1390	0.1	62	118	15	No	No	Yes	1
23	L	F	247	1290	2.1	15	47	8	Yes	Yes	Yes	2
24	D	F	82	1290	7.5	80	83	8	No	Yes	Yes	3
25	L	F	239	2700	0.6	47	60	4	No	Yes	Yes	0
26	D	F	180	1000	1.3	35	88	5	No	No	No	1
27	D	F	265	1140	6.1	41	98	13	No	No	No	0
28	D	F	110	1520	12.4	27.5	96	18	Yes	No	Yes	1
29	L	F	22	1420	0.5	12	70	20	Yes	No	Yes	0
30	D	F	54.5	1280	13.8	16	67	10	Yes	No	No	2
31	L	F	28	1260	1.5	42.5	133	9	Yes	No	No	2
32	L	F	38	2150	1.1	—	72	13	No	No	Yes	0
33	L	F	8	1010	10	38	57	9	Yes	Yes	Yes	2
34	D	F	98	1650	3.9	37.5	118	28	No	No	Yes	0
35	D	F	55	1100	3.0	14	20	38	Yes	No	No	3
36	L	F	31	1440	6.8	31	66	39	Yes	No	No	3
37	D	F	210	1380	4.2	53	89	39	Yes	No	No	3
38	D	F	220	1130	4.5	38	43	28	No	Yes	Yes	2
39	D	F	92	1600	15.3	40	55	32	No	Yes	Yes	2
40	L	F	77	1920	10.6	24	39	13	No	No	Yes	0
41	L	F	117	1690	2.4	49	67	10	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
42	L	M	17.5	1180	16	82	113	28	No	No	No	2
43	L	F	18.5	2000	0.9	45	80	16	No	No	No	1
44	D	F	71.6	1150	16.7	47	70	12	No	No	Yes	2

D = diffuse cutaneous; L = limited cutaneous; NGF = circulating nerve growth factor (ng/ml); ACE = circulating angiotensin converting enzyme (pg/ml/min); vWF = circulating von Willebrand factor (IU/l); DTPA = ventilation scintiscan with ^99mTc radioaerosol (T/2 min); Tlco = carbon monoxide transfer factor (%); heart invol. = cardiac involvement; joint invol. = articular involvement; PNS involv. = peripheral nervous system involvement; HRCT = high resolution computed tomography (0 = normal; 1 = ground glass appearance; 2 = diffuse interstitial fibrosis; 3 = honey comb).