Baseline characteristics of systemic sclerosis patients with restrictive lung disease in a multi-center US-based longitudinal registry.
Flavia V CastelinoJohn M VanBurenEmily StartupShervin AssassiElana J BernsteinLorinda S ChungChase S CorreiaLuke B EvninTracy M FrechJessica K GordonFaye N HantLaura K HummersZsuzsanna H McMahanNora SandorfiChristopher A MecoliVictoria K ShanmugamVirginia SteenPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2021)
CONQUER is the largest, multi-center, prospective cohort of early SSc patients in the US. Non-White race was independently associated with RLD. In addition, 45% of CONQUER subjects already had RLD, highlighting the importance of screening for SSc-ILD at initial diagnosis.