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Table 1 Comparison between anti-SRP IMNM overlap SS and anti-SRP IMNM patients

From: Anti-signal recognition particle positive necrotizing myopathy-sjogren’s syndrome overlap syndrome: a descriptive study on clinical and myopathology features

Items

Anti-SRP IMNM-SS (n = 6)

Anti-SRP IMNM (n = 24)

P-value

Demographics

 Sex(Female)

4(66.7)

14(58.3)

0.545

 Age at myositis diagnosis(years)

39.17 ± 16.216

46.5 ± 13.593

0.264

 Disease duration (months)

16 ± 27.67

14.03 ± 17.12

0.827

Clinical manifestation

 Upper promixal limbs(median,MRC)

4

4

0.25

 Upper distal limbs(median,MRC)

4.5

4

0.3

 Lower promixal limbs(median,MRC)

3.5

4

0.36

 Lower distal limbs(median,MRC)

4

4

0.17

 MMT

206 ± 38.5

199 ± 29.4

0.432

 DAS

3.5 ± 2.4

4.9 ± 2.1

0.191

 MYOCAT

11.2 ± 7

16 ± 8.9

0.21

 Dysphagia

0

8(33.3)

0.155

 Dyspnea

0

2(8.3)

 > 0.9999

 Myalgia

2(33.3)

12(50)

0.657

 Atrophy

0

14(50)

0.019

 Rash

1(16.6)

2(8.3)

0.515

Examination

 Thyroid dysfunction

3(50)

9(37.5)

0.66

 Rheumatoid factor

0

2(8.3)

 > 0.9999

 ANA abnormality

5(83.3)

19(79.1)

0.553

 Lupus Anticoagulant

0

2(8.3)

 > 0.9999

 Malignancy

0

10(41.6)

0.068

 Statin exposure

0

1(4.2)

 > 0.9999

 Smoking

0

2(8.3)

 > 0.9999

 Drinking

0

2(8.3)

 > 0.9999

 Diabete

0

2(8.3)

 > 0.9999

 Hypertension

1(16.6)

1(4.2)

0.366

 CK(U/l)

6238 ± 3443

3485 ± 4244

0.155

 LDH(U/l)

826 ± 524

639 ± 447

0.115

 ESR(mm/H)

20.5 ± 6.36

14.79 ± 15.39

0.621

 hsCRP(mg/L)

3.38 ± 3.8

16.59 ± 24.19

0.307

 NI-PRO-BNP(pg/ml)

18.67 ± 12.662

87.38 ± 82.442

0.177

 Alb(g/L)

38.083 ± 5.53

36.84 ± 5.23

0.616

 Glb(g/L)

26.72 ± 4.57

30.17 ± 8.05

0.366

 WBC(*109/L)

9.45 ± 4.48

10.23 ± 4.77

0.718

 Neutrophil(*109/L)

6.9 ± 4.5

7.11 ± 4.3

0.922

 Lymphocyte(*109/L)

1.76 ± 0.8

2.5 ± 1.09

0.128

 TnI(pg/ml)

17.8 ± 5.14

38.1 ± 45.481

0.113

 CK-MB(ng/ml)

562.5 ± 573.464

92.91 ± 83.804

0.453

 Myoglobin(ng/ml)

883.6 ± 196.28

401.23 ± 379.846

0.015

 GLU(mmol/L)

4.65 ± 0.354

6.8 ± 6.0

0.63

 HbA1c(%)

5.35 ± 0.63

6.2 ± 2.2

0.602

 ALT (U/l)

134.5 ± 55.2

83.5 ± 67.94

0.104

 AST (U/l)

457.83 ± 493.311

110.17 ± 98.0

0.145

 Cr(umol/L)

33.6 ± 12.3

42.57 ± 14.67

0.21

 C4(g/L)

0.21 ± 0.042

0.19 ± 0.07

0.909

 C3(g/L)

0.93 ± 0.172

0.93 ± 0.125

0.972

 IgA(g/L)

2.48 ± 0.752

1.99 ± 0.682

0.217

 IgG(g/L)

13.83 ± 0.866

12.78 ± 2.79

0.477

 IgM(g/L)

1.36 ± 0.646

1.42 ± 0.929

0.906

 Interstitial lung disease

2(33.3)

1(4.1)

0.23

 Cardiac abnormality

3(50)

5(25.0)

0.352

 Ejection Fraction

0.63 ± 0.014

0.68 ± 0.06

0.282

Treatment

 Corticosteroids monotherapy

1(16.7)

10(41.7)

/

 Corticosteroids plus Immunosuppressant

5(83.3)

14(58.3)

/

Follow-up

 Follow-up period, median (range), months

36(6–120)

50(24–90)

0.815

 Lost to follow-up

0

1(4.1)

 > 0.9999

Prognosis

 No improvement

0

0

/

 improvement

5(83.3)

19(73.7)

/

 Marked improvement

1(16.7)

5(20.8)

/

 Relapse

1(16.7)

2(8.3)

/

  1. Data present as n (%) and mean ± SD. P values comparing with SS and without SS groups are from x2 test, Fisher’s exact test,T test or Mann–Whitney U test. MRC Medical Research Council, CK creatine kinase, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ALT Alanine transaminase, Myo myoglobin, CK-MB creatine kinase-MB, TnI Troponin I, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, hsCRP hypersensitive-CRP, Cr creatinine, Alb albumin, Glb globulin, GLU glucose, MMT Manual Muscle Testing score of 26 muscle groups, DAS Disease Activity Score, MYOACT Myositis disease activity assessment visual analogue scale