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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Neoplasm related mortality risk in Systemic Sclerosis: a nationwide study

Admissions of patients with SSc (N = 10,192)

Patient/admissions characteristics

Female, N (%)

8,750 (85.9)

Age (years) (Mean, SD)

67.8 (15.4)

SSc activity-related admission, N (%)

1,728 (17.6)

Neoplasm-related admission, N (%)

588 (5.9)

Ethnicity, N (%)

 

 Arabic

73 (0.7)

 Asian

13 (0.1)

 Black African

46 (0.5)

 Caucasian

8,293 (81.4)

 Hindu

8 (0.1)

 Latin/Hispanic

209 (2.1)

 Unknown

1,550 (15.2)

Outcomes

Deaths, N (%)

689 (6.8)

 SSc-activity related

79 (11.5)

 Neoplasm-related

67 (9.7)

Admission-length (days), (Mean, SD)

9.24 (12.4)

ICU admission, N (%)

507 (5.0)

ICU admission length (days), (Mean, SD)

6.7 (13.3)

  1. SSc: Systemic Sclerosis, SD: Standard deviation, ICU: Intensive care unit