PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2022 January; 13(1): e0003. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2022 January 27. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10460.

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants (n=62).

Characteristics	Cases (n=31)	Controls (n=31)	P Value
Age (years), mean±SD	41.48±15.88	41.81±12.94	0.930^*
Female Sex % (n)	71% (22)	77% (24)	0.562^†
Disease duration (years)	5.77±4.84
DcSSc % (n)	19.4% (6)
LcSSc % (n)	32.3% (10)
SLE% (n)	16.1% (5)
MCTD % (n)	16.1% (5)
DM % (n)	12.9% (4)
UCTD % (n)	3.2% (1)

^*Independent t test.

^†Chi-square test.

DcSSc, diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis; DM, dermatomyositis; LcSSc, limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis; MCTD, mixed connective tissue diseases; SD, standard deviation; UCTD, undifferentiated connective tissue diseases.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2022 January; 13(1): e0003. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2022 January 27. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10460