Table 1.

Demographic characteristics for the total population.

	Control Patients n = 30		SS Patients n = 62
	n	%	n	%
Gender, female	22	73.3	52	83.87
Age, median (range)	58.5	64 (16–80)	48.5	48 (15–71)
12–18 years	1	3.33	1	1.61
19–40 years	1	3.33	15	24.19
41–60 years	9	30.00	34	54.84
>60 years	19	63.34	12	19.35
Dry eye *	-	-	60	96.77
Dry mouth *	-	-	60	96.77
Schirmer test *	-	-	49	79.03
Msg histopathology *	-	-	47	75.80
Sialoscintigraphy *	-	-	17	27.42
Joint pain	-	-	54	87.10

American European Consensus Group (AECG) criteria *. Abbreviations—Msg histopathology: minor salivary gland histopathology; SS: Sjögren syndrome.