Table 5

Comparison of cancer and other causes of death

Cause of death
Cancer (n=12)Other than cancer (n=37)
Male/female6/618/19
lSSc/dSSc9/316/21
Mean (SD) (y)
Age at onset48.6 (18.2)53.7 (14.5)
 At entry57.1 (15.1)59.0 (13.2)
 At death62.7 (14.6)62.3 (13.0)
Disease duration14.1 (8.5)8.6 (7.0)
Smoker/non-smoker6/611/26
CYC/no CYC4/819/18