From: Skin model for improving the reliability of the modified Rodnan skin score for systemic sclerosis
Characteristic | Number N (%) |
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A. Patient characteristics | N = 8 |
Age in years, mean ± SD (min–max) | 59.0 ± 3.5 (55–64) |
Duration of disease in years, mean ± SD (min–max) | 5.8 ± 3.9 (0.7–13.9) |
Sex female | 3 (37.5) |
Male | 5 (62.5) |
Subset dcSSc | 7 (87.5) |
lcSSc | 1 (12.5) |
B. Rater characteristics | N = 10 |
Age in years, mean ± SD (min–max) | 33.7 ± 7.7 (25–48) |
Sex: female | 7 (70) |
Male | 3 (30) |
Type of raters | |
Rheumatologists | 2 (20) |
Fellowship in rheumatology | 3 (30) |
Internists | 3 (30) |
Nurse | 2 (20) |