Table 1 Plasma D-dimer values and association with clinical features in 28 patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and 33 healthy matched controls (values are expressed as geometric mean and 95% interval of confidence).
From: Plasma D-dimer concentration in patients with systemic sclerosis
D-dimer (ng/mL) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Patients subset | Controls (n = 33) | 229 (228–231) | 0.005 |
SSc patients (n = 28) | 362 (361–363) | ||
Clinical subset | Limited SSc (n = 17) | 283 (282–285) | 0.015 |
Diffused SSc (n = 11) | 538 (536–539) | ||
Disease activity | Inactive SSc (n = 20) | 306 (305–308) | 0.027 |
Active SSc (n = 8) | 562 (560–564) | ||
Total skin score | r = 0.63* | <0.001 | |
Forced vital capacity | r = 0.45* | 0.016 |