Measures of disease severity.
| Diffuse, n = 517 | Limited, n = 873 | Sine, n = 27 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| MD’s global assessments of severity, 0–10 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| Patient’s global assessments of severity, 0–10 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| Medsger disease severity scores | ||||||
| General | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Skin | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lung | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Heart | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Joint/tendon | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gastrointestinal | 2 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| Peripheral/vascular | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Muscle | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Kidney | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| HAQ, 0–3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Severity of Raynaud phenomenon, 0–10 | 3.3 | 3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Severity of dyspnea, 0–10 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| Severity of GI symptoms, 0–10 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Severity of finger ulcers, 0–10 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 2 |
HAQ: Health Assessment Questionnaire; GI: gastrointestinal.