The Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of an Auscultatory Gap in Systemic Sclerosis Patients

Table 1

Auscultatory gap association with possible arterial stiffness and vasculopathy variables in SSc.

Arterial stiffness variable	Kruskal-Wallis chi-squared	𝑃 value
Diagnosis type	8.37	0.01*
Age	26.43	0.43
Tobacco use	0.12	0.73
Diabetes mellitus	0.06	0.81
BP medication	16.32	0.43
NSAID use	0.06	0.81
Immunosuppression	3.00	0.56
RNA polymerase III	7.31	0.01*
PAH	3.43	0.33
ILD	4.29	0.12

SSc: systemic sclerosis; BP: blood pressure; NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory use; PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension; ILD: interstitial lung disease; ^∗𝑃<0.05.