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Table 1 Summary of Baseline Patient Characteristics - Matched HAQ Cohort

From: The effect of hydroxychloroquine on activities of daily living and hand function in systemic sclerosis: results from an analysis of the EUSTAR cohort

Variable

Statistic or Category

All HCQ Users with more than one HAQ (n = 50)

All non-HCQ Users with more than one HAQ (n = 150)

P Value

Age (at IC)

  

.

 N

50

150

0.954

 Mean (SD)

49.836 (12.1293)

49.970 (14.9121)

.

 Median (Min, Max)

51.662 (18.23, 68.83)

50.560 (13.21, 81.75)

.

   

.

Sex

  

.

 Female

46 (92.0%)

128 (85.3%)

0.225

 Male

4 (8.0%)

22 (14.7%)

.

Duration since first non-Raynauds (years)

  

.

 N

50

150

0.608

 Mean (SD)

8.233 (9.1558)

9.091 (10.5793)

.

 Median (Min, Max)

4.961 (0.16, 45.17)

4.812 (0.00, 62.29)

.

   

.

White race

45 (90.0%)

140 (93.3%)

.

Diffuse/Limited

  

.

 Diffuse cutaneous SSc

17 (36.2%)

52 (35.4%)

0.108

 Limited cutaneous SSc

26 (55.3%)

92 (62.6%)

.

 Unknown

4 (8.5%)

3 (2.0%)

.

 Missing

3

3

.

Baseline HAQ-DI

  

.

 N

50

139

0.515

 Mean (SD)

0.865 (0.6822)

0.783 (0.7926)

.

 Median (Min, Max)

0.938 (0.00, 2.75)

0.500 (0.00, 2.88)

.

   

.

Baseline Global VAS

  

.

 N

47

114

0.767

 Mean (SD)

39.6 (26.59)

38.2 (27.69)

.

 Median (Min, Max)

38.0 (1, 99)

32.5 (0, 99)

.

   

.

Number of HAQ-DI visits

  

.

 N

50

150

0.313

 Mean (SD)

3.0 (1.48)

3.3 (1.60)

.

 Median (Min, Max)

2.5 (2, 10)

3.0 (2, 11)

.

   

.

Corticosteroid Use

21 (42.0%)

61 (40.7%)

0.868

Immunosuppresive Use

6 (12.0%)

17 (11.3%)

0.898

DMARD Use

5 (10.0%)

14 (9.3%)

0.889

Vasoactive Use

34 (68.0%)

110 (73.3%)

0.467

  1. IC informed consent, SD standard deviation, Mim minimum, Max maximum, DMARD Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs