Table 1.

Selected clinical variables in the 49 pSS patients

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]

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

*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