Long-term follow-up in primary Sjögren’s syndrome reveals differences in clinical presentation between female and male patients

Table 1 Demographic and basic characteristics of the cohort

	Women n = 899% (frequency)	Men n = 68% (frequency)	p value
Basic characteristics
Sex	93% (899/967)	7% (68/967)	<0.0001
Age at symptom onset (years, mean ± SD)	46.16 ± 14.79	47.88 ± 14.71	0.50
Age at diagnosis (years, mean ± SD)	52.65 ± 13.75	52.63 ± 13.52	0.96
Follow-up time from diagnosis (years, mean ± SD)	8.76 ± 7.62	8.48 ± 6.15	0.68
Item IV. Histopathology^a
Salivary gland biopsy
Performed	87% (760/871)	79% (52/66)	0.06
Positive (focus score ≥1)	90% (616/685)	86% (42/49)	0.35
Germinal centers	21% (75/351)	33% (8/24)	0.20

Bold values indicate statistically significant findings (p < 0.05)
^aAccording to the 2002 Revised American-European Consensus Group criteria for Sjögren’s syndrome

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