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

Table 5

Variations in survival times for parameters that are significantly impairing survival indicators compared to the average values of patients.

	𝑃 value, when a certain factor is present at the time of pSS diagnosis	𝑃 value, when a certain factor manifests after the diagnosis of the pSS	Survival time (year)	CI 95%
Mean survival time for our patient with pSS			33.71
Studied factor
EGM	0.001	NS	26.949	23.907–29.991
Polyarthritis	<0.001	NS	27.554	23.844–31.263
Vasculitis	<0.001	NS	7.956	6.700–9.213
Associated disorder	<0.001	NS	14.283	10.962–17.603
LPD	<0.001	NS	4.000	4.000-4.000
Cryoglobulinemia	NS	0.010	24.112	19.899–28.326

CI: confidence interval; NS: nonsignificant.