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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of pSS patients (n = 67) involved in this study

From: Elevated expression of BAFF receptor, BR3, on monocytes correlates with B cell activation and clinical features of patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Characteristic

Female (%)

100

Age (mean ± SD years)

61.1 ± 14.0

Subjective ocular dryness (%)

100

Subjective oral dryness (%)

100

Presence of anti-SSA/Ro (%)

79.1

Presence of anti-SSB/La (%)

47.8

Presence of rheumatoid factor (%)

41.7

Serum IgG (mean ± SD; mg/dl)

1653 ± 587

 IgG > 1700 mg/dl (%)

32.8

Serum IgA (mean ± SD; mg/dl)

289 ± 158

 IgA > 410 mg/dl (%)

13.4

Serum IgM (mean ± SD; mg/dl)

107 ± 64.6

 IgM > 220 mg/dl (%)

3.0

Steroid medication (%)

10.4

ESSDAI score

1.82 ± 2.42