ALTERATIONS OF BODY COMPOSITION IN SCLERODERMA PATIENTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BUT NOT WITH LUNG INVOLVEMENT
Abstract
Compared to healthy age-/sex-matched individuals we found significant negative changes in body composition of our SSc patients, which are associated with their disease activity and physical activity, and could reflect their nutritional status, and gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal involvement. We found no significant association between lung involvement and changes of body composition.