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Table 1 Selected clinical variables in the 49 pSS patients

From: Interleukin-1-related activity and hypocretin-1 in cerebrospinal fluid contribute to fatigue in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Variables

 

Females (%)/males (%)

41 (84)/8 (16)

Age, years, median [range]

56.1 [34.2–78.2]

Duration, years, median [range]

5.0 [0.4–16.0]

fVAS scores, median [range]

64 [3.0–93.0]

BDI scores, median [range]

9.0 [0.0–38.0]

Pain scores*, median [range]

49.0 [0.0–90.0]

Presence of anti-SSA/SSB antibodies (%)

38 (78)

CRP (mg/L) [range]

1.5 [0.0–9.0]

  1. Abbreviations: fVAS fatigue visual analog scale, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, SSA/SSB Sjögren’s syndrome-related antigen A (Ro) and B (La), CRP C-reactive protein
  2. *SF-36 pain scores are reported according to the transformed scale with high scores indicating high bodily pain and low scores indicating lower bodily pain