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Table 1 Baseline SjS-related features and risk of development of solid and hematological cancer

From: Characterization and risk estimate of cancer in patients with primary Sjögren syndrome

Baseline features

Values at diagnosis (n = 1300)

Solid cancer (n = 70)

Hematological cancer (n = 61)

Age at diagnosis

54.8 ± 15.4

Gender (male)

99 (7.6)

Ethnicity (white)

1246 (95.8)

0.41 [0.10–1.71]

0.99 [0.14–7.29]

Dry mouth

1299 (99.9)

Dry eye

1234 (94.9)

0.48 [0.19–1.20]

1.37 [0.33–5.63]

Altered ocular tests

1013/1156 (87.6)

1.29 [0.47–3.58]

5.38 [0.74–39.03]

Altered parotid scintigraphy

835/992 (84.2)

0.87 [0.41–1.86]

1.34 [0.53–3.41]

Positive salivary gland biopsy

497/629 (79)

0.92 [0.35–2.44]

1.01 [0.42–2.45]

Anemia (Hb < 110 g/L)

216/1297 (16.7)

1.05 [0.59–1.86]

2.07 [1.20–3.58]

Leukopenia (<4000/mm3)

227/1297 (17.5)

1.49 [0.87–2.55]

0.96 [0.50–1.86]

Thrombocytopenia (<150,000/mm3)

87/1297 (6.7)

1.18 [0.54–2.57]

1.17 [0.50–2.72]

Neutropenia (<1500/mm3)

137/1296 (10.6)

1.41 [0.74–2.71]

1.66 [0.83–3.32]

Lymphopenia (<1000/mm3)

141/1295 (10.9)

1.80 [0.96–3.35]

1.43 [0.71–2.86]

Antinuclear antibodies+

1124/1295 (86.8)

0.95 [0.49–1.85]

1.05 [0.50–2.21]

Rheumatoid factor+

583/1245 (46.8)

1.13 [0.71–1.82]

1.08 [0.65–1.80]

Anti-Ro/SS-A+

981/1294 (75.8)

1.43 [0.81–2.53]

1.28 [0.70–2.36]

Anti-La/SS-B+

626/1289 (48.6)

0.99 [0.62–1.60]

1.17 [0.69–1.97]

Monoclonal gammopathy

114/1018 (11.2)

1.94 [0.99–3.80]

2.13 [1.08–4.19]

Cryoglobulins+

70/929 (7.5)

0.70 [0.25–1.94]

4.37 [2.32–8.22]

Low C3 levels (<0.82 g/L)

144/1233 (11.7)

0.59 [0.21–1.62]

2.07 [1.06–4.03]

Low C4 levels (<0.11 g/L)

163/1218 (13.4)

1.07 [0.51–2.24]

2.23 [1.17–4.26]

  1. Values are represented as HRs [95% CIs]
  2. Set in italics, statistically significant (p < 0.05) SS-related features associated with cancer in the univariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis adjusted for age at diagnosis and gender
  3. SjS Sjögren syndrome
  4. †Adjusting variable
  5. ‡Statistically significant (p < 0.05) SS-related features associated with cancer in the multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis adjusted for age at diagnosis and gender