Baseline characteristics of patients with pSS and healthy controls
Total | Pfizer-Biontech (BNT162b2) | Astrazeneca (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) | Moderna (mRNA-1273) | Janssen (Ad.26.COV2.S) | ||||||
pSS (n=67) | HC (n=33) | pSS (n=47) | HC (n=14) | pSS (n=13) | HC (n=5) | pSS (n=6) | HC (n=8) | pSS (n=1) | HC (n=6) | |
Gender (female) | 58 (87) | 33 (100) | 40 (85) | 14 (100) | 12 (92) | 5 (100) | 5 (83) | 8 (100) | 1 (100) | 6 (100) |
Age | 59 (51–67)* | 41 (33–62)* | 58 (49–69) | 57 (37–68) | 63 (61–66) | 61 (48–64) | 45 (35–56) | 28 (26–39) | 53 | 40 (34–46) |
Hydroxychloroquine use | 15 (22) | n/a | 10 (21) | n/a | 5 (38) | n/a | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
ESSDAI (total) | 3 (1–4)† | n/a | 3 (1–5)† | n/a | 3 (2–5) | n/a | 2 (0–4)† | n/a | 2 | n/a |
ESSDAI <5 | 46 (78) | 30 (75) | 10 (77) | 5 (100) | 1 (100) | |||||
ESSDAI 5–14 | 13 (22) | 10 (25) | 3 (23) | 0 | ||||||
ESSDAI ≥14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Physician GDA | 2 (1–2)‡ | n/a | 2 (1–2)‡ | n/a | 2 (1–3)† | n/a | 1 (1–2)§ | n/a | 1 | n/a |
ESSPRI (total) | 6 (5–7) | n/a | 6 (5–7) | n/a | 6 (5–8) | n/a | 7 (6–8) | n/a | 3 | n/a |
Patient GDA | 6 (5–7) | n/a | 6 (5–7) | n/a | 7 (6–8) | n/a | 7 (6–8) | n/a | 4 | n/a |
IgG (g/L) | 13 (10–19)¶** | 10 (10–13)¶** | 13 (10–19)** | 10 (10–14)‡ | 12 (9–16)‡ | 9 (–)§ | 11 (10–15) | 11 (10–14)† | 11 | 12 (9–13) |
Anti-SSA positive | 49 (73) | n/a | 35 (74) | n/a | 11 (85) | n/a | 2 (33) | n/a | 1 | n/a |
RF positive | 34 (55)** | n/a | 25 (58)** | n/a | 7 (54) | n/a | 1 (20)† | n/a | 1 | n/a |
Data presented as median (IQR) or n (%).
ESSDAI, physician GDA and RF collected ≤1 year before first vaccination date.
*Significant difference (p<0.005) between pSS and HC group.
†10%–20%.
‡20%–30%.
§30%–40% missing data.
¶Significant difference (p<0.05) between pSS and HC group.
**1%–10%.
ESSDAI, EULAR Sjögren’s Syndrome Disease Activity Index; ESSPRI, EULAR Sjögren’s Syndrome Patient Reported Index; GDA, global disease activity; HC, healthy controls; n/a, not applicable; pSS, primary Sjögren’s syndrome; RF, rheumatoid factor.