Comparison of 2002 AECG and 2016 ACR/EULAR classification criteria and added value of salivary gland ultrasonography in a patient cohort with suspected primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Table 4 Description of the 17 patients who received a physician diagnosis of pSS but fulfilled neither classification criteria set

Pt.	Age	Duration^a	Eye^b	Mouth^c	ESSDAI	ESSDAI domains^d	Other AID	Low UWSF	Schirmer	VB ≥ 4	SGB	ANA	SSA/SSB	RF	IgG	SGUS
1	52	4	1	1	0	/	0	0	0	/	1	640	0	0	11.6	1
2	25	0	0	0	6	H	0	0	0	0	0	160	1	1	11.6	0
3	63	1	1	1	0	/	0	/	0	0	1	1 280	0	0	6,9	1
4	69	3	1	1	10	PNS, R	0	0	0	/	1	0	0	0	9,8	0
5	48	6	1	1	19	A, CNS, B	Thyroiditis	0	0	/	0	0	0	0	22.0	0
6	39	3	1	0	2	A	0	0	0	/	1	1 280	0	0	11.9	1
7	47	24	1	1	4	H, B	0	/	1	/	0	0	0	1	31.4	0
8	60	20	1	1	8	A, PNS, B	0	0	0	/	0	1 280	1	0	18.9	1
9	50	13	1	1	14	A, PNS, G	0	0	0	0	1	160	0	0	11.4	0
10	50	1	1	1	4	H	0	0	0	/	0	1 280	0	0	10.7	0
11	55	7	1	1	0	/	0	0	0	0	1	160	0	0	8.8	0
12	61	5	1	1	0	/	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11.2	0
13	49	2	1	1	0	/	0	0	0	0	1	160	0	0	10.1	1
14	51	4	1	0	2	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6.7	1
15	63	1	1	1	8	A, C	0	0	0	0	1	160	0	0	11.0	0
16	65	28	1	1	1	B	0	0	0	1	0	320	0	0	7.7	0
17	51	1	1	1	12	R, B	0	0	0	0	0	320	1	0	15.9	1

pSS primary Sjögren’s syndrome Pt patient, ESSDAI EULAR pSS Disease Activity Index, AID autoimmune disease, UWSF unstimulated whole salivary flow, VB van Bijsterveld score, SGB salivary gland biopsy, ANA anti-nuclear antibodies, RF rheumatoid factors, SGUS salivary gland ultrasonography, SSA Anti-Sjögren's-syndrome-related antigen A
^aSymptom duration in years
^bSubjective ocular dryness
^cSubjective oral dryness
^d A articular, P pulmonary, PNS peripheral nervous system, R renal, G glandular, C cutaneous, L lymphadenopathy, H hematological, B biological

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