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We aimed to investigate whether the qCT measures are predictors of 5-year mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Patients diagnosed with SSc were retrospectively selected from 2011 to 2022. Patients should have had volumetric high-resolution CTs (HRCTs) and pulmonary function tests (PFTs) performed at baseline and at 24 months of follow-up. The following parameters were evaluated in HRCTs using Computer-Aided Lung Informatics for Pathology Evaluation and Rating (CALIPER): ground glass opacities, reticular pattern, honeycombing, and pulmonary vascular volume. Factors associated with death were evaluated by Kaplan\u2012Meier survival curves and multivariate analysis models. Semiquantitative analysis of the HRCTs images was also performed.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Seventy-one patients were included (mean age, 54.2 years). Eleven patients (15.49%) died during the follow-up, and all patients had ILD. As shown by Kaplan\u2012Meier curves, survival was worse among patients with an ILD extent (ground glass opacities + reticular pattern + honeycombing) \u2265 6.32%, a reticular pattern \u2265 1.41% and a forced vital capacity (FVC) &lt; 70% at baseline. The independent predictors of mortality by multivariate analysis were a higher reticular pattern (Exp 2.70, 95%CI 1.26\u20135.82) on qCT at baseline, younger age (Exp 0.906, 95%CI 0.826\u20130.995), and absolute FVC decline \u2265 5% at follow-up (Exp 15.01, 95%CI 1.90\u2013118.5), but not baseline FVC. 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