Research Article
The Utility of Major Salivary Gland Ultrasonographic Parameters in the Diagnosis of Sjögren Syndrome
Table 1
Demographic data in pSS patients and controls.
| | Parameter | Value () | | pSS patients | Controls |
| | Sex ( (%)) | 32 | 32 | | Males | 8 (25%) | 8 (25%) | | Females | 24 (75%) | 24 (75%) | | Mean age (years) | | | | Mean length of sicca symptom evolution (years) | | — | | The drugs used by the pSS patients in the moment of investigation | Hydroxychloroquine (16 patients) | — | | Azathioprine (10 patients) | | Methotrexate (6 patients) | | Extraglandular involvement in pSS patients | | — | | Malignant lymphoma | 3 patients (9.37%) | | | Articular involvement | 8 patients (25%) | | | Pulmonary involvement | 5 patients (15.62%) | | | Renal involvement (renal tubular acidosis type 1) | 7 patients (21.87%) | | | Cutaneous vasculitis | 3 patients (9.37%) | |
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