Table 1 Demographic and clinical data in pSS patients and healthy controls
From: Pain and fatigue are predictors of quality of life in primary Sjögren’s syndrome
pSS (n = 77) | Controls (n = 77) | |
|---|---|---|
Age, mean, years | 52.34 (9.03) | 52.27 (8.91) |
Ethnicity | ||
Black (%) | 11.7 | 13 |
Brown (%) | 59.7 | 49.4 |
White (%) | 24.7 | 37.7 |
Indigenous (%) | 2.6 | 0 |
Education | ||
< 8 years (%) | 50.7 | 57.2 |
≥ 8 years (%) | 48.1 | 40.3 |
Never studied (%) | 1.2 | 2.5 |
Marital status | ||
Married (%) | 66.2 | 63.6 |
Not married (%) | 14.3 | 13 |
Divorced/widow (%) | 19.5 | 23.4 |
CCEB | ||
A (%) | 1.3 | 0 |
B (%) | 23.4 | 26.6 |
C (%) | 52 | 49.3 |
D (%) | 18.2 | 24 |
E (%) | 0 | 0 |
*Employment rate (%) | 36.4 | 62.3 |
Work disability (%)* | 10.4 | 1.3 |
Positive salivary biopsy (focus score ≥ 1) (%) | 90.5 | |
Anti-SSA/Ro (%) | 33.3 | |
Anti-SSB/La (%) | 24 | |
Antinuclear antibody (%) | 68.9 | |
Rheumatoid factor (%) | 29.2 | |
Fibromyalgia (%) | 42.9 | |
FACIT-Fatigue, mean, SD | 26.17 (11.02) | |
ESSPRI, mean, SD | 6.58 (2.29) | |
Fatigue, mean, SD | 6.38 (2.57) | |
Dryness, mean, SD | 6.53 (2.78) | |
Pain, mean, SD | 6.84 (3.12) | |
Extra glandular manifestations (%) | 49.4 | |
ESSDAI, mean SD | 3.34 (4.61) | |