SSc | ||||
Survey (N) | POEMAS (N) | The Netherlands* (N) | ||
Prevalence of SSc | 346 | 654 | 1148 | 8.9 per 100 000 persons |
Proportion of total no of patients | 30.0% | 57.0% | 100% | |
Incidence of SSc | NA | 56 | 98 | 0.77 per 100 000 persons |
Prevalence of PH | 40 | 56 | 113 | 9.9% of patients |
*The number of patients in The Netherlands was calculated by the addition of the number of patients in the survey (N), generalised to the whole country (N(survey)/7*10) and the POEMAS cases.
PH, pulmonary hypertension; SSc, systemic sclerosis.