Abstract:Objective: To analyze gender differences in clinical characteristics of patients with pSS and to identify potential influencing factors.
Methods: We analyzed gender differences in clinical variables of 278 pSS patients diagnosed in the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tongji Hospital from January 2010 to December 2020. Then Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses were conducted.
Results: 92.1% of the 278 pSS patients were women. Women developed the disease earlier and were diagnosed at a younger age. T… Show more
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