Vascular disease may predict lower BMI, malnutrition in systemic sclerosis

Vascular disease severity and intestinal pseudo-obstruction predicted lower BMI and possible malnutrition in patients with early systemic sclerosis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.“Malnutrition is common yet underrecognized in systemic sclerosis,” Zsuzsanna McMahan, MD, MHS, co-director of the UTHealth Houston Scleroderma Center, and associate professor