Table 3.

Risk Factors for the diagnosis of Sjögren’s syndrome

Risk Factor	OR	95% CI	P-value
Age	1.01	0.99, 1.02	0.31
Gender (women vs men)	1.97	0.89, 4.35	0.09
Race (white vs non-white)	0.69	0.31, 1.51	0.35
Tear break-up time (<5 seconds vs 5-10 seconds)	1.09	0.93, 1.27	0.28
Schirmer test (<5 mm vs 5-10 mm)	1.17	0.96, 1.41	0.12
Corneal fluorescein staining	1.14	0.77, 1.70	0.501
Rheumatoid factor (positive vs negative)	2.61	1.37, 4.95	0.003
Antinuclear antibody (positive vs negative)	2.19	1.46, 3.30	<0.001
SSA (yes vs no)	2.79	1.60, 4.89	<0.001
SSB (yes vs no)	2.58	1.38, 4.82	0.003

CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; SSA = Anti-Ro antibodies; SSB = Anti-La antibodies