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Table 1 Demographic characteristics, focus score, salivary flow, and serological results of the four groups

From: Endoplasmic reticulum stress in the salivary glands of patients with primary and associated Sjögren’s disease, and non-Sjögren’s sicca syndrome: a comparative analysis and the influence of chloroquine

 

pSD

aSD

NSS

HC

N

16

12

16

13

Gender N (female/male)

16/0

12/0

16/0

13/0

Mean age ± S.D. (years)

44,0 ± 14,5

51,5 ± 12,6

48,7 ± 13,7

43,3 ± 14,2

Focus scorea

    

0

1

3

12

11

1

4

3

4*

2

2

3

0

0

0

3

1

1

0

0

4

7

5

0

0

UWSF

    

< 0.1 mL/min

6

7

10

2

≥ 0.1 mL/min

10

5

6

11

Positive Ro antibodies

13

9

2*

NT

  1. pSD, Primary Sjögren disease; aSD, Associated Sjögren disease; NSS, Non-Sjögren’s Sicca; HC, Healthy control; N, Number; UWSF, Unstimulated whole salivary flow; S.D., Standard deviation; NT: Not tested
  2. a: Number of foci per 4 mm2 of tissue
  3. *Patients with other diseases that meet the exclusion criteria, according to the 2016 ACR/EULAR consensus (hepatitis C and IgG4-related disease)
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