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Table 2 COMPASS scores in pSS patients versus control individuals

From: Mild autonomic dysfunction in primary Sjögren's syndrome: a controlled study

  

Mean (95% CI)

 

COMPASS score

Maximum score

pSS patients

Control individuals

P

Subscale

    

   Orthostatic intolerance

40

10.2 (7.4 to 13.9)

4.5 (2.1 to 9.4)

0.029*

   Bladder disorder

20

4.7 (3.5 to 6.3)

1.8 (0.8 to 4.0)

0.007*

   Diarrhoea

20

3.0 (1.9 to 4.7)

1.1 (0.3 to 4.0)

0.07

   Gastroparesis

10

1.2 (0.8 to 2.0)

0.5 (0.1 to 1.7)

0.08

   Secretomotor disorder

20

6.8 (5.8 to 8.1)

2.4 (1.5 to 3.9)

0.000002*

   Sleep disorder

15

2.2 (1.6 to 3.0)

1.5 (0.9 to 2.5)

0.23

   Constipation

10

0.7 (0.3 to 1.7)

1.4 (0.9 to 2.2)

0.10

   Vasomotor

10

2.9 (2.1 to 4.0)

0.6 (0.1 to 3.1)

0.002*

   Pupillomotor impairment

5

1.9 (1.5 to 2.3)

1.2 (0.9 to 1.7)

0.02*

   Syncope

20

0.6 (0.3 to 1.2)

0.2 (0.1 to 2.7)

0.18

COMPASS Total

170

34.2 (28.2 to 41.3)

15.3 (9.8 to 23.8)

0.0002*

Understatement

10

2.28 (1.22 to 3.35)

2.56 (1.57 to 3.55)

0.70

Psychosomatic

10

0.60 (0.24 to 1.06)

0

0.006*

  1. *Statistically significant finding (P < 0.05). CI, confidence interval; COMPASS, Composite Autonomic Symptom Scale; pSS, primary Sjögren's syndrome.