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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: SNP variations in IL10, TNFα and TNFAIP3 genes in patients with dry eye syndrome and Sjogren’s syndrome

  SS* (n = 82) DES (n = 98)
Mean age [SD] 56.7 [13.1] 50.0 [15.2]
Age range 20–86 19–83
Female gender: n (%) 75 (91.5) 68 (69.3)
Ethnicity: n (%)
 Eastern Europe 32 (39) 55 (56.1)
 West Asia 20 (24.4) 16 (16.3)
 North Africa 19 (23.1) 10 (10.2)
 Israel 6 (7.3) 8 (8.1)
 Mixed 5 (6.1) 9 (9.2)
SS manifestation: n (%)
 Eyes 22 (26.6) NA
 Mouth 28 (34.2) NA
 Joints 32 (39.1) NA
  1. * - ss (Sjogren’s Syndrome); † − DES (Dry Eye Syndrome); ‡ - SD (standard deviation)