ANALYSIS OF 9302 PATIENTS FROM THE BIG DATA INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY SJÖGREN SYNDROME COHORT: CLINICAL PRESENTATION AT DIAGNOSIS OF EUROPEAN VS NON-EUROPEAN PATIENTS.

ZEHER MARGIT; BRITO ZERON PILAR; MANDL THOMAS; RASMUSSEN, ASTRID; GOTTENBERG JAQUES; LI X; QUARTUCCIO, LUCA; DANDA, DEBASHISH; HERNANDEZ-MOLINA GABRIELA; PARK SH; KVARNSTRÖM MARIKA; SENE, DAMIEN; BARTOLONI ELENA; SUZUKI YASUNORI; ISENBERG DAVID; NORDMARK GUNNEL; ACAR-DENIZLI, NIHAN; VISSINK ARJAN; FRAILE, GUADALUPE; SEROR R; GIACOMELLI ROBERTO; NAKAMURA T; BALDINI CHIARA; BOMBARDIERI MICHELLE; DEVAUCHELLE-PENSEC, VALERIE; PRIORI ROBERTA; CARSONS, STEVEN E.; MOÇA TREVISANI V; KRUIZE AA; RETAMOZO SOLEDAD; PASOTO SG; PRAPROTNIK SONJA; VOLLENVEIDER, CRISTINA; GHEITA, TAMER A.; SOLANS, ROSER; MARIETTE XAVIER; RISCHMUELLER, MAUREEN; SEBASTIAN A; VALIM VALERIA; HOFAUER, BENEDIKT; HAMMENFORS DANIEL; MOREL, JACQUES; ATZENI FABIOLA; RAMOS CASALS MANUEL

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Congreso; EUROPEAN LEAGUE AGAINST RHEUMATISM (EULAR); 2017

EULAR

Objectives Baseline characterization of European patients diagnosed with primary Sjögren syndrome (SS) according to the 2002 AE criteria.Methods The Big Data Sjögren Project was formed in 2014 to take a ?high-definition? picture of the main features of primary SS by merging international SS databases. International experts of the EULAR-SS Task Force were invited to participate. By January 2017, the database included 9302 consecutive patients recruited from 21 countries of the 5 continents.Results A total of 6586 (71%) patients were included from European countries. In comparison with non-European countries, European patients had a higher mean age (54 v 51yrs, p