Table 1 Summary of clinical findings of patients (n = 51) initially diagnosed with chronic sclerosing sialadenitis and a comparison of clinical findings between patient groups after re-evaluation, that is, the group with confirmed chronic sclerosing sialadenitis vs the group with non-sclerosing chronic sialadenitis

From: Sclerosing sialadenitis of the submandibular gland is rarely an immunoglobulin G4-related disease in the Finnish population

 

All patients

Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis

Non-sclerosing chronic sialadenitis

n = 51

n = 34

n = 17

Mean age (in years)

57.6

59.0

54.6

Sex (male:female)

26:25

18:16

8:9

Mean duration of symptoms (in years)

2.6

3.2

2.3

Intermittent symptoms

25

12

13

Smoking

 Yes

14

10

4

 Former smoker

4

2

2

 Never smoker

31

21

10

 No data

2

1

1

History of asthma

 Yes

6

3

3

 No

44

30

14

 No data

1

1

0

History of allergies

 Yes

15

7

8

 No

36

27

9

History of other autoimmune diseases

 Yes

5

4

1

 No

46

30

16

Previously diagnosed IgG4-related disease

2

0

2

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