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Table 1 The characteristics of BD patients with gastrointestinal ulcer

From: New insight into the features of Behçet’s disease with gastrointestinal ulcer: a cross-sectional observational study

Characteristics (n = 273)

 

Age (years)

39.33 ± 14.62

Gender (male/female)

122/151

Gastrointestinal symptom n (%)

105 (38.46)

Abdominal pain n (%)

74 (27.12)

Diarrhea n (%)

33 (12.09)

Hematochezia n (%)

39 (14.29)

Nausea n (%)

1 (0.37)

Retrosternal pain n (%)

8 (2.93)

Swallow pain n (%)

7 (2.56)

No gastrointestinal symptom n (%)

168 (61.54)

Morphology of ulcer

 

Approximate circle n (%)

99 (76.74)

Irregular shape n (%)

19 (14.73)

Annular ulcer n (%)

3 (2.33)

Longitudinal ulcer n (%)

8 (6.20)

Ulcer diameter > 2 cm n (%)

18 (22.22)

Pathological findings

 

Vasculitis n (%)

2 (1.09)

Granuloma n (%)

39 (21.31)

Inflammatory infiltration n (%)

142 (77.60)

  1. Values are presented as number (%) or mean ± standard deviation