| Demographics Factors |
pSS Patients (n = 26) |
Healthy Subjects (n = 24) |
||
| Anti-Ro (+) |
Anti-Ro (−) |
Anti-Ro (+) |
Anti-Ro (−) |
|
| Gender Male Female |
0 14 |
0 12 |
0 0 |
0 24 |
| Age, mean ± SD years |
39.2 ± 12.9 |
48.6 ± 14.5 |
40 ± 11.8 |
42.6 ± 13.8 |
| Xerostomia |
++++ |
+ |
---- |
---- |
| Xerophthalmia |
++++ |
+ |
---- |
---- |
| ANA positive Anti-Ro/SSA positive antibodies, % Anti-M3mAChR positive antibody, % Anti-M3mAChR peptide IgG, mean ± SEM |
14 (100) 14 (100) 14 (100) 1,450 ± 0.12* |
2 (16) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.077 ± 0.03 |
ND ND ND
|
ND ND ND ND |