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Comparing <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AFA<\/jats:styled-content>+ and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AFA<\/jats:styled-content>\u2212 patients, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AFA<\/jats:styled-content>+ patients were significantly younger at disease onset (36.9 versus 42.9; <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.02), more frequently male (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.02) and of Afro\u2010Caribbean descent (65% versus 7.7%; <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.001). At diagnosis, the Rodnan skin score evaluating the cutaneous manifestations was higher (13.3 versus 8.7; <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.01) and myositis was also more common in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AFA<\/jats:styled-content>+ group (31.4% versus 12.2%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.01). 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