Table 4:
Novel antibody | Novel Antibody Absence | Novel Antibody Presence | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | P-value | |
Salivary protein 1 (SP-1) | |||||
IgG | 123 | 10.7 (8.8) | 6 | 8.7 (6.5) | 0.57 |
IgA | 125 | 10.6 (8.8) | 4 | 11.5 (7.1) | 0.84 |
IgM | 123 | 10.8 (8.9) | 6 | 7.7 (3.8) | 0.40 |
Any | 113 | 10.9 (9.1) | 16 | 9.0 (5.6) | 0.43 |
Carbonic anhydrase 6 (CA-6) | |||||
IgG | 121 | 10.6 (8.9) | 8 | 11.3 (6.6) | 0.84 |
IgA | 120 | 11.1 (8.8) | 9 | 3.5 (2.0) | 0.02 |
IgM | 117 | 10.6 (8.8) | 12 | 11.2 (8.7) | 0.82 |
Any | 103 | 11.0 (8.9) | 26 | 9.0 (7.8) | 0.31 |
Parotid specific protein (PSP) | |||||
IgG | 123 | 10.5 (8.7) | 6 | 12.8 (10.2) | 0.53 |
IgA | 115 | 10.6 (8.7) | 14 | 10.8 (9.5) | 0.94 |
IgM | 118 | 10.7 (8.8) | 11 | 9.9 (7.9) | 0.78 |
Any | 102 | 10.5 (8.6) | 27 | 11.2 (9.2) | 0.71 |
Any novel antibody | 83 | 10.6 (8.6) | 46 | 10.7 (9.0) | 0.92 |
Number of novel antibodies positive | |||||
0 | 83 | 10.6 (8.6) | |||
1 | 24 | 13.1 (11.1) | |||
2–3* | 22 | 8.2 (5.1) | |||
P=0.17 (any difference) P=0.51 for linear trend test |
Only 1 patient had a value of 3.