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Table 2 Comparison between BD patients with isolated upper gastrointestinal ulcer and isolated ileocecus

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

Characteristics

BD patients with isolated upper  gastrointestinal ulcer

BD patients with isolated ileocecus ulcer

P

Number of patients

n = 84

n = 106

 

Demographics

   

Gender (M/F)

55/29

56/50

0.054

Age at onset (years, mean±SD)

32.99 ± 14.36

27.33 ± 14.63

0.008

Duration (months, mean±SD)

108.70 ± 100.32

114.72 ± 122.27

0.716

Clinical manifestations

   

Extraintestinal manifestations

   

 Oral ulcers n (%)

84 (100)

106 (100)

 

 Genital ulcers n (%)

57 (67.86)

71 (66.98)

0.512

 Skin lesions n (%)

42 (50)

38 (35.85)

0.035

 Ocular lesions n (%)

5 (5.95)

6 (5.66)

0.343

 Neurologic lesions n (%)

0 (0)

7 (6.60)

0.015

 Cardiac valvular lesions n (%)

1 (1.19)

0 (0)

0.442

 Venous thrombosis n (%)

3 (3.57)

2 (1.89)

0.391

 Aneurysms n (%)

3 (3.57)

1 (0.94)

0.229

Gastrointestinal complications

   

 Hemorrhage n (%)

7 (8.33)

15 (14.15)

0.155

 Perforation n (%)

0 (0)

9 (8.49)

0.004

 Obstruction n (%)

0 (0)

7 (6.60)

0.015

 History of surgery n (%)

1 (1.19)

11 (10.38)

0.008

Assistant examination

   

 ESR (mm/h)

18 (7.25~28.75)

16 (7.50~40.00)

0.580

 CRP (mg/L)

8.55 (3.19~10.00)

10 (3.68~19.65)

0.167

 Leukocyte

6.06 ± 2.39

7.55 ± 3.18

0.084

 Neutrophil

57.54 ± 15.38

63.11 ± 14.33

0.463

 Eosinophil

2.36 ± 2.16

2.53 ± 1.48

0.220

 Basophil

0.475 ± 0.37

0.47 ± 0.39

0.401

 Lymphocyte

32.03 ± 12.62

26.43 ± 12.53

0.851

 Monocyte

7.59 ± 3.03

8.35 ± 3.49

0.522

 Platelet

231.91 ± 72.00

247.07 ± 89.09

0.277

 Serum ferritin

185.31 ± 42.49

185.40 ± 44.17

0.985

 BDCAF

3.28 ± 0.924

3.22 ± 1.146

0.100

Pathological findings

  

0.055

 Vasculitis n (%)

0 (0)

2 (2.67)

 

 Granuloma n (%)

9 (15.25)

21 (28.00)

 

 Inflammatory infiltration n (%)

50 (84.75)

52 (69.33)

 
  1. BD Behçet’s disease, SD standard deviation
  2. P values with statistical significance are shown in bold in the table