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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2019 Dec;38(12):1500–1505. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000002147

Table 4:

Comparison of Schirmer test score by novel autoantibody status at baseline in the Penn Sjogren’s International Clinical Collaborative Alliance (SICCA) Study Participants without Sjogren’s Syndrome (n=129)

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.