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Table 1 The demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of the patients and controls

From: The role of M1/M2 macrophage polarization in primary Sjogren’s syndrome

 

pSS (n = 30)

HC (n = 30)

non-pSS (n = 10)

Female, N (%)

30 (100)

30 (100)

10 (100)

Age (years), mean ± SD

43.4 ± 12.2

41.1 ± 9.9

46.6 ± 12.8

Duration of sicca symptoms, median (IQR) years

3.0 (1.5-8.0)

/

2.5 (1.0-6.5)

Oral dryness (VAS,1–10), median (IQR)

5.5 (2.5-6.0)

/

2.0 (0-4.5)

Ocular dryness (VAS,1–10), median (IQR)

3.0 (1.0-5.5)

/

1.5 (0-3.5)

Labial salivary gland biopsies, N

20

/

10

 Grade1, N

0

/

7

 Grade2, N

0

/

3

 Grade3, N

9

/

0

 Grade4, N

11

/

0

IgG (g/L), median (IQR)

18.5 (15.3–23.8)

/

10.8 (9.3–11.8)

C3 (g/L), mean ± SD

0.95 ± 0.23

/

1.01 ± 0.29

C4 (g/L), mean ± SD

209.5 ± 92.7

/

205.1 ± 83.5

ESR (mm/h), median (IQR)

27 (13–48)

/

12 (5–18)

CRP (mg/L), median (IQR)

3.9 (3.1–7.5)

/

3.6 (2.8–7.3)

RF positivity, N (%)

14 (46.7)

/

1 (10.0)

Anti-SSA positivity, N (%)

25 (83.3)

/

0 (0)

Anti-SSB positivity, N(%)

6 (20.0)

/

0 (0)

B cell, %. mean ± SD

17.0 ± 7.2

/

/

ESSDAI score, median (IQR)

3 (1–4)

/

/

Organ involvement

   

 Interstitial lung disease, N (%)

5 (16.7)

/

/

 Haematologic, N (%)

6 (20.0)

/

/

 Renal, N (%)

2 (6.7)

/

/

 Parotitis, N (%)

5 (16.7)

/

/

 Arthritis, N (%)

4 (13.3)

/

/

 Peripheral neuropathy, N (%)

1 (3.3)

/

/

  1. pSS: primary Sjogren’s syndrome; HC: health control; SD: standard deviation; IQR: inter-quartile range; VAS: visual analogue scale; IgG: immunoglobulin G; C3/C4: complement 3/4; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C- reactive protein; RF: rheumatoid factor; ESSDAI: Eular Sjogren’s syndrome disease activity index