Table 2.

Comorbid conditions in patients with pSS.

Comorbidities, %	C3 complement levels			C4 complement levels
	Normal (n=85)	Low (n=9)	p	Normal (n=81)	Low (n=13)	p
Hypertension	37.7	44.4	0.728	40.7	23.1	0.224
Type 2 diabetes mellitus	12.9	0.0	0.592	13.6	0.0	0.352
Dyslipidemia	36.5	11.1	0.160	38.3	7.7	0.054
Overweight/obesity (BMI ≥25.0)	66.2	55.6	0.713	65.7	61.5	0.761
Coronary artery disease	4.7	0.0	0.999	4.9	0.0	0.999
Hypothyroidism	32.9	44.4	0.484	34.6	30.8	0.999
Asthma	7.1	33.3	0.039	7.4	23.1	0.107
Osteoarthritis	42.4	44.4	0.999	45.7	23.1	0.126
Osteoporosis	12.9	33.3	0.129	16.1	7.7	0.683
Fibromyalgia	18.8	0.0	0.349	19.8	0.0	0.115
Depression	25.9	33.3	0.696	25.9	30.8	0.740
Headaches	5.9	11.1	0.463	6.2	7.7	0.999
Peptic ulcer disease/gastritis	22.4	0.0	0.196	21.0	15.4	0.999
Infections (any cause)	27.1	33.3	0.704	25.9	38.5	0.339
Neoplasia	7.1	0.0	0.999	4.9	16.7	0.171

BMI: body mass index; pSS: primary Sjögren’s syndrome.