Table 1.

The demographic and laboratory characteristics of patients with pSS enrolled in the study.

Patients			Laboratory findings
No.	Age	Age at diagnosis	At diagnosis time						At present time
			SSA/Ro	SSB/La	IgG	IgA	IgM	Focus score (FS)	SSA/Ro	SSB/La	IgG	IgA	IgM	Peripheral TFH-like cells (%)
			(0.00–10.00 U/mL)	(0.00–10.00 U/mL)	(7.00–16.00 g/L)	(0.70–4.00 g/L)	(0.40–2.30 g/L)		(0.00–10.00 U/mL)	(0.00–10.00 U/mL)	(7.00–16.00 g/L)	(0.70–4.00 g/L)	(0.40–2.30 g/L)
1	67	58	176.5	117.5	40.86∗	6.34∗	2.31∗	2	120.8	51.9	6.04	2.68	0.72	0.28
2	75	66	<10	<10	9.12	1.75	1.24	2	10.4	<10	8.10	1.75	1.19	0.42
3	49	46	76.3	<10	18.09∗	1.42	2.15	2	86.6	<10	13.49	1.19	1.70	0.30
4	47	38	<10	<10	14.57	2.90	8.23∗	3	<10	<10	13.26	2.54	5.84∗	0.92
5	63	53	<10	<10	14.41	1.47	0.74	3	<10	<10	9.10	1.30	0.64	0.77
6	65	61	<10	<10	10.18	1.89	1.58	3	<10	<10	9.64	2.18	1.65	1.11
7	65	57	130.0	41.0	19.74∗	3.20	3.98∗	3	123.2	39.5	14.34	3.15	2.14	0.44
8	41	34	126.6	76.1	31.97∗	5.07∗	1.01	3	146.5	68.6	22.79∗	2.95	0.75	1.56
9	64	52	<10	<10	27.24∗	6.31∗	2.38∗	3	<10	<10	19.97∗	5.23∗	3.43∗	0.57
10	46	43	157.4	<10	26.92∗	6.34∗	2.97∗	3	157.4	<10	26.92∗	6.34∗	2.97∗	0.68

No.: number; T_FH: follicular helper T cell; ∗higher than normal range.