Malnourished SSc patients showed significantly lower weight (p = 0.01) and BMI (p = 0.001), as well as lower serum levels of hemoglobin (p = 0.009), albumin (p = 0.002), PTH (p = 0.02) and 25OH-vitamin D (p = 0.008). This evidence concerns the gene PTH and systemic sclerosis.