Research Article
Clinical Course, Prognosis, and Cause of Death in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Table 1
The mean age of patients determined at the time of diagnosis and the average follow-up period.
| | Subgroup | Mean age at the time of diagnosis of pSS (years) | Follow-up period (years) |
| | Male () | 47.55 ± 12.051 | 11.47 ± 6.113 | | Female () | 49.99 ± 11.366 | 11.41 ± 6.342 | | value | NS | NS | | Alive () | 49.14 ± 11.249 | 11.41 ± 6.240 | | Deceased (; male: 5; female: 46) | 55.35 ± 12.038 | 11.49 ± 7.035 | | value | <0.001 | NS | | EGM () | 48.97 ± 11.273 | 12.07 ± 6.408 | | Glandular () | 52.48 ± 11.751 | 9.04 ± 5.331 | | value | 0.003 | <0.001 |
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values indicate differences between genders, alive and deceased patients, and also extraglandular and glandular subgroups.
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