Cytomorphometric Characteristics of Buccal Mucosal Cells in Behçet’s Disease Patients

Table 3

Comparison of the cytomorphometric parameters and the presence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) in Behçet’s disease patients with and without aphthae.

Cytomorphometric parameters; Median (range)	Behçet’s disease patients having aphthae ()	Behçet’s disease patients not having aphthae ()	value
Nuclear area (µm^2)	131.1; (13.9–730.2)	188.2; (38.4–1026.7)	<0.001
Cytoplasmic area (µm^2)	5709.5; (717.6–27260.4)	7067.5; (2316.9–22819.9)	<0.001
Nucleus/cytoplasm ratio	0.02; (0.01–0.06)	0.03; (0.01–0.07)	<0.001
NRF	0.9; (0.7–0.9)	0.9; (0.8–0.9)	<0.001
NL (m)	15.7; (4.5–143.5)	18.1; (8.8–132.8)	<0.001
NW (m)	11.4; (4.3–109.1)	14.2; (5.4–116.8)	<0.001
NP (m)	42.7; (13.5–389.4)	50.7; (23.5–378.3)	<0.001
PMNL infiltration
Present	2	1	0.548
Absent	16	11

Nuclear roundness factor, nuclear length, nuclear width, nuclear perimeter, Pearson chi-squared test, and Mann-Whitney test.