OBJECTIVE: Reports exist of an association between @entity239 ( @entity239 ) and @entity10632 ( @entity10632 ). @entity158 is a necessary component of @entity239 . We explored the association of @entity158 and @entity10632 . METHODS: Data were abstracted from the records of the most recent 100 @entity1 evaluated in the @entity10632 clinic. The subjects included individuals with or without @entity10632 who had screened for features of the disorder. @entity1 with confounding disorders or missing data were excluded. The presence of @entity158 was established by questionnaire in 92 subjects. @entity158 followed the definition in the 1990 American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for @entity239 . By objective criteria used in the clinic, @entity1 were initially classified into @entity10632 (requiring keratoconjunctivitis sicca. positive labial @entity3359 , and serological evidence of @entity792 ), incomplete @entity10632 (at least one of the latter objective findings), or non- @entity10632 (if all 3 objective findings were negative). For subsequent analyses, the study population was also classified into cases by applying the European criteria for @entity10632 , and the subjective or objective components of European criteria. Descriptive statistics and Cochran-Mantel chi-square tests were performed. RESULTS: Only 2/27 (7%) of those diagnosed with @entity10632 reported symptoms of @entity158 . The incomplete @entity10632 group consisted of 8/56 (14%), while the non- @entity10632 were 1/9 (11%). There was a trend toward greater @entity158 in those 9 of 52 (17%) subjects meeting the European criteria for @entity10632 who had @entity158 compared with 2 of 50 (5%) who did not. However, this was not significant (p = 0.0728). The greater the subjectivity of the criteria applied to classify cases of @entity10632 , the higher was the prevalence of @entity158 . No significant association was found between @entity158 and @entity10632 for any of the criteria applied. CONCLUSION: No significant association between @entity158 and @entity10632 was found in our study population. Further study is indicated to explore a possible lack of association between @entity10632 and @entity239 .

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity239 :: ('MESH:D005356', 'Disease') :: ['fibromyalgia', 'FM'] @entity3359 :: ('MESH:D012466', 'Disease') :: ['salivary gland biopsy'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['widespread pain', 'Widespread pain'] @entity10632 :: ('MESH:D012859', 'Disease') :: ["Sjogren's syndrome", 'SS'] @entity792 :: ('MESH:D001327', 'Disease') :: ['autoimmunity']
@entity158 :: (MESH:D010146,Disease) :: ['Widespread pain']
