From: Regional brain function study in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Characteristics | pSS (N = 68) | HCs (N = 69) | χ2/Z value | P value |
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Age (years) | 50.22 ± 13.42 | 54.00 (46.00, 59.00) | -0.612φ | 0.541 |
Sex (Male/Female) | 1/67 | 1/68 | 0.000# | 0.992 |
Education (years) | 9.00 (6.00, 14.25) | 9.00 (6.00, 12.00) | -1.019φ | 0.308 |
Head motion | 0.05 (0.04, 0.09) | 0.06 (0.05, 0.09) | -0.263φ | 0.793 |
Disease duration (months) | 12.00 (0.00, 48.00) | / | / | / |
Treatments (yes/no) | 47/21 | / | / | / |
ESSDAI (scores) | 2.00 (1.00, 5.00) | / | / | / |
MMSE (scores) | 29.00 (28.00, 30.00) | 29.00 (28.00, 30.00) | -0.581φ | 0.561 |
SAS (scores) | 31.38 ± 5.45 | 26.00 (24.00, 30.00) | -4.736φ | < 0.001* |
SDS (scores) | 27.00 (22.25, 31.00) | 27.00 (23.00, 30.00) | -0.060φ | 0.952 |
NCT-A (seconds) | 47.00 (38.25, 64.50) | 47.35 ± 11.97 | -0.532φ | 0.595 |
DST (scores) | 37.50 (21.25, 55.00) | 34.36 ± 11.51 | -1.208φ | 0.227 |
IgG (g/L) | 19.60 (15.15, 22.18) | / | / | / |
IgA (g/L) | 3.11 ± 1.50 | / | / | / |
IgM (g/L) | 1.36 (0.94, 1.82) | / | / | / |
C3 (g/L) | 0.81 ± 0.03 | / | / | / |
C4 (g/L) | 0.19 ± 0.00 | / | / | / |
anti-La/SS-B (negative/ positive) | 44/24 | / | / | / |
anti-Ro/SS-A (negative/ positive) | 8/60 | / | / | / |