Clinical Course, Prognosis, and Cause of Death in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome

Table 4

Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) of pSS subgroups.

	Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs)
Whole pSS population (𝑛=547)	1.32
Female patients (𝑛=487)	1.49
Male patients (𝑛=60)	0.65
Patients without EGMs (𝑛=117)	0.51
Patients with EGMs (𝑛=430)	1.62

Calculations were based on the data of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office from 2001 [19].