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RESULTS. Overall, 2084 (91%) patients developed SSc prior to age 65; whereas 216 (9%) were ≥65 years. Late-age onset patients had a significantly higher proportion of anti-centromere antibodies (42% vs 27%; p=0.001) compared to younger-age onset.
1 sty 2011 · It is important that clinicians are able to recognize features of scleroderma in the elderly and distinguish these from well-established imitators. The age of scleroderma onset can impact the course of disease and increase the risk for organ-specific complications such as pulmonary vascular disease.
• Women make up 80 percent of scleroderma cases, but men, young children and teens also get scleroderma. • Scleroderma typically strikes between the ages of 25 and 55.
It is estimated that there are over 6000 people with systemic scleroderma in Australia. Statistically, approximately three to four times more women than men develop the condition. Scleroderma is found in every age group from infants to the elderly, but its onset is most frequent between the ages of 25 to 55.
25 cze 2024 · The present consensus on sclerosing diseases of the skin provides an update to the 2017 European Dermatology Forum Guidelines on scleroderma. 1, 2 Scleroderma or sclerosing diseases of the skin encompasses a variety of diseases and clinical subtypes.
9 sty 2023 · The five-year survival rate (that is, patients who are still alive 5 years following diagnosis) among patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis is about 84%. Five-year survival among patients with limited skin (cutaneous) systemic sclerosis is high — over 90%.
In late 2013, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) approved a new set of diagnostic criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc), replacing the older 1980 diagnostic criteria.
