Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the study groups

	SS (n = 40)	Non-SS (n = 23)	p value
Age (years)	55.4 ± 13.2	56.1 ± 17.4	0.425
Sex (male/female, number)	3:37	5:18	0.129
Disease duration (years)	5.6 ± 3.7 (n = 24)	–	–
Salivary flow rate (mL/10 min)	7.8 ± 4.4	16.9 ± 5.9	< 0.0001
OHIP-14 score (out of 56)	11.3 ± 9.4 (n = 35)	7.1 ± 7.6	0.037
Salivary EGF output (pg/10 min)	9237.6 ± 8447.0	13,296.9 ± 7907.1	0.033

Mean ± SD

SS Sjögren’s syndrome, OHIP-14 Oral Health Impact Profile-14