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Table 2 Cross-sectional fatigue measures, significant correlations at baseline.

From: A five-year prospective study of fatigue in primary Sjögren's syndrome

Correlating

Spearman's rho

covariates

FSS

Fatigue VAS

FACIT-F

Vitality

Age

  

0.20*

 

Mouth dryness VAS

 

0.31**

-0.20*

-0.20*

Pain VAS

0.32**

0.25**

-0.48**

-0.31**

Schirmer's test

0.18*

   

ANA

 

-0.19*

  

Mental health

-0.19*

 

0.32**

0.24**

  1. N was 140 or 141 for the different comparisons. FACIT-F, vitality and mental health are negative scales (higher number means better health). *: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01. Abbreviations: see Table 1.