Increased Interleukin-17F is Associated with Elevated Autoantibody Levels and More Clinically Relevant Than Interleukin-17A in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome

Table 1

Characteristics of the studied 109 pSS patients and 42 healthy controls.

Clinical characteristics	pSS	Controls
Age		55.12 ± 13.17	0.231	0.818
Sex (F : M)	105 : 4	40 : 2	0.095	0.670
WBC (×10^9/L)		—	—	—
Neutrophils (×10^9/L)		—	—	—
RBC (×10^12/L)		—	—	—
Hb (g/L)		—	—	—
PLT (×10^9/L)		—	—	—
IgA (g/L)		—	—	—
IgG (g/L)		—	—	—
IgM (g/L)		—	—	—
C3 (g/L)		—	—	—
C4 (g/L)		—	—	—
ESR (mm/h)		—	—	—
RF (IU/mL)		—	—	—
ANA ≥ 1 : 320	56.31%	—	—	—
Anti-SSA ≥ 200 RU/mL	62.85%	—	—	—
Anti-SSB ≥ 20 RU/mL	55.06%	—	—	—
ESSDAI ≥ 5	56.88%	—	—	—

1 patient did not have the data of C3 and C4.
4 patients did not have the data of ANA.