No

Age

Gender

Duration of disease (yr)

Duration of skin involvement (yr)

Type of SSc

Skin Score

Lungs

Serum

b-FGF

Epidermis

Dermal connective tissue

Periappendageal

/perivascular

1

28

F

2

1.5

L

2

ILD

nd

0

0

0

2

15

F

1

1

L

20

-

nd

++

++

++

3

21

F

2

0.3

L

17

ILD

nd

+

+

+

4

25

F

3

3

D

42

ILD

nd

+

+

0

5

50

F

8

6

L

13

ILD

nd

+

++

0

6

42

F

1

0.5

D

24

-

nd

++

++

++

7

24

F

2

2

D

16

-

nd

+

++

++

8

24

F

3

2.6

D

20

-

nd

+++

+++

+++

9

24

F

4

4

D

8

ILD

nd

+++

+++

+++

10

40

F

3

3

L

6

-

nd

++

++

++

11

40

F

1

1

D

32

ILD

nd

++

+

0

12

41

F

2.5

1.5

L

22

ILD

nd

0

+

++

13

42

F

1.5

1

D

 

-

nd

+

+

+

Normal controls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

34

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

0

0

2

40

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

0

+

3

28

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

+

++

nd not detectable