Table 1 |
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Clinical characteristics of primary Sjögren's syndrome patients involved in this study |
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Patient characteristics |
Clinical data |
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Female (%) |
100 |
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Mean age ± SD (years) |
50.5 ± 10.2 |
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Subjective ocular dryness (%) |
100 |
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Subjective oral dryness (%) |
100 |
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Presence of anti-SSA/Ro (%) |
61.5 |
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Presence of anti-SSB/La (%) |
23.1 |
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Presence of rheumatoid factor (%) |
53.8 |
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Mean serum IgG ± SD (μg/ml) |
1,979.6 ± 870.5 |
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Steroid medication (%) |
15.4 |
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IgG = immunoglobulin G. |
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Yoshimoto et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2011 13:R170 doi:10.1186/ar3493 |
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