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SUBMITTER: Narvaez J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7327007 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Narváez Javier J Sánchez-Fernández Simón Ángel SÁ Seoane-Mato Daniel D Díaz-González Federico F Bustabad Sagrario S
Scientific reports 20200630 1
To estimate the prevalence of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) in the adult Spanish population we performed a population-based multicenter cross-sectional study. Cases were defined by the American-European Consensus Group criteria proposed in 2002. A total of 4,916 subjects aged 20 years or over were included. The estimated prevalence of SS (including primary and secondary forms) in the adult population in Spain was 0.33% (95% CI 0.21-0.53). Extrapolating to the total population of the country aged ≥ 20 ...[more]