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Table 2 Frequency of extraglandular manifestations in female and male pSS patients in the exploratory cohort

From: Difference in clinical presentation between women and men in incident primary Sjögren’s syndrome

 

pSS all (n = 199)

% (frequency)

Women (n = 186)

% (frequency)

Men (n = 13)

% (frequency)

p value

Presence of EGM

30% (53/197)

25% (47/185)

46% (6/13)

0.10

No. of EGM (mean ± SD)

0.34 ± 0.64

0.30 ± 0.57

0.85 ± 1.21

0.05

No. of EGM in EGM+ patients

(mean ± SD)

1.26 ± 0.59

1.19 ± 0.45

1.83 ± 1.17

0.04

Extraglandular manifestationsa

Articular

 Arthritis

14% (28/197)

14% (26/184)

15% (2/13)

1.00

Pulmonary

 Interstitial lung disease

1% (2/196)

0% (0/183)

15% (2/13)

0.004

 Alveolitis

0.5% (1/197)

0% (0/184)

8% (1/13)

0.07

Renal

 Interstitial nephritis

0.5% (1/197)

0.5% (1/184)

0% (0/13)

1.00

Cutaneous

 Cutaneous vasculitis

4% (7/195)

2% (4/182)

23% (3/13)

0.007

Neurological

 Polyneuropathy

4% (8/195)

4% (7/182)

8% (1/13)

0.43

 Mononeuritis

0.5% (1/197)

0.5% (1/184)

0% (0/13)

1.00

 CNS involvement

1% (2/197)

1% (2/184)

0% (0/13)

1.00

Constitutional

 Recurrent fever

7% (14/197)

7% (12/184)

15% (2/13)

0.23

Lymphadenopathy

 Enlarged lymph nodes

1% (4/197)

2% (3/184)

8% (1/13)

0.24

Muscular

 Myositis

2% (3/197)

0.5% (1/184)

0% (0/13)

1.00

  1. aExtraglandular manifestations evaluated to estimate the EULAR Sjögren’s syndrome disease activity index (ESSDAI)
  2. Bold values indicate statistically significant findings (p < 0.05)