Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the impact on clinical features in primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Objectives: The relationship between dietary patterns, including the Mediterranean diet, and rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) has been increasingly assessed but data on patients with established primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is lacking. The aim of the study was to explore the adherence to the Mediterranean diet and its relationship with metabolic and inflammatory features in a cohort of patients with pSS.

Methods: Demographic, clinical and serological data, including anthropometric parameters and cardiovascular (CV) disease risk factors/events among others were collected from 91 pSS patients.