Review Article

Minor Salivary Gland Surgery and Histopathological Scoring System: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of patients included in the selected studies.

AuthorsN of patients% WomenMean age (years), mean (SD or range)Ethnicity or countries of origin% of pSS cases% of sSS cases or other diseases

Baldini et al. [6]NR as a nonsystematic review

Vitali et al. [7]NR as a nonsystematic review

Vitali et al. [8]48048.54% (pSS)
39.37% (sSS)
54 ± 14 (pSS)
56 ± 13 (sSS)
11 European countries plus Israel (descriptive statistics are not shown)51.25%41.87%

Vitali et al. [9]18041.11% (pSS)58.1 ± 14.9 (pSS)10 European countries (descriptive statistics are not shown)42.22%No distinction between pSS and sSS

Shiboski et al. [10]1,61892.27%54 (21–90)Argentina (17%), China (15%), Denmark (20%), Japan (15%), United Kingdom (7%), USA (26%)No distinction between pSS and sSSNo distinction between pSS and sSS

Rasmussen et al. [11]83791%55 (12–86)Caucasian (74%), African-American (2%), Asian (1%), Native American (2%), Pacific Islander (0.1%)No distinction between pSS and sSSNo distinction between pSS and sSS

Van Nimwegen et al. [12]11494% (pSS)
86% (sSS)
52.3 ± 15.3 (pSS)
50.2 ± 12.6 (sSS)
Netherlands (descriptive statistics are not shown)29.82%70.17%

Shiboski et al. [13]1,578NRNRArgentina, China, Denmark, Japan, United Kingdom, USA (descriptive statistics are not shown)No distinction between pSS and sSSNo distinction between pSS and sSS

Rasmusssen et al. [14]1,70393.3% (SS)56.5 (47–65) (SS)Caucasian (65.2%), African-American (3.6%), native American (27.2%), Asian (2.9%)26.13%No distinction between pSS and sSS

Billings et al. [15]1,30392.2% (SS)53 (7–81) (SS)Caucasian (74.2%), African-American (11.9%), Asian (7.2%), other (6.7%)53.80%No distinction between pSS and sSS

Bautista-Vargas et al. [16]NR as a nonsystematic review

Wijaya et al. [17]2391.30% (pSS)50.2 (40.6–73.4%)NR39.13%No distinction between pSS and sSS

Chisholm et al. [18]4020% (pSS)65 (pSS)NR25%25% (rheumatoid arthritis)
15% (Osteoarthritis)
15% (Reiter’s disease)
10% (psoriatic arthritis)
10% (scleroderma)

Greenspan et al. [19]43NRNRNR100%No distinction between pSS and sSS

Fox et al. [20]NR

Marx et al. [21]77NRNRAfrican-American (35.06%), Caucasian (5.19%)46.75% (SS)40.26% (sarcoidosis)
6.49% (sialosis)
6.49% (lymphoma)

Delgado et al. [22]1936.84%32Peru (100%)0%100% (secondary amyloidosis)

Richards et al. [23]58NR20–72UK (100%)0%100% (secondary amyloidosis)

Seoane et al. [24]NR

Peloro et al. [25]NR

Guevara-Gutiérrez et al. [26]50NRNRNR100% (SS)0%

Teppo et al. [27]19181%53 (20–85)Finland (100%)38% (SS)63% (non-SS)

Comini et al. [28]569NRNRItaly (100%)NRNR

Syed et al. [29]400NRNRCanada (descriptive statistics are not shown)NRNR

Friedman et al. [30]NR

Tarpley et al. [31]96NRNRUSA (descriptive statistics are not shown)NRNR

Costa et al. [32]166NRNRFrance (descriptive statistics are not shown)NRNR

Chen et al. [33]2892.86% (SS)
100% (non-SS)
44.86 ± 11.18 (SS)
47.71 ± 8.09 (non-SS)
NR50% (SS)50% (non-SS)

Daniels et al. [34]178793%54 (21–90)USA (26%), Denmark (20%), Argentina (17%), Japan (15%), China (15%), UK (7%)NR5% (sSS)

Barone et al. [35]NR as a nonsystematic review

Han et al. [36]1 (case report)100%55China (100%)100% (SS)100% (AOSD)

Kapsogeorgou et al. [37]NR as a nonsystematic review

Rooper et al. [38]NR as a nonsystematic review

Carubbi et al. [39]10494.23%52NR100%0%

Fragkioudaki et al. [40]47394.49% (pSS)
100% (pSS NHL)
91.78% (pSS NHL MALT)
51.6 ± 13.2 (pSS)
52.1 ± 16.2 (pSS NHL)
49.9 ± 12.7 (pSS NHL MALT)
Greece (100%)80.55% (pSS)4.02% (pSS NHL)
15.43% (pSS NHL MALT)

Berardicurti et al. [41]NR as a systematic review

Stergiou et al. [42]NR as a nonsystematic review

NR: not reported; SS, Sjögren’s syndrome; pSS, primary Sjögren’s syndrome; sSS, secondary Sjögren’s syndrome; AOSD, adult-onset still’s disease; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; MALT, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.