The Clinical Features, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Aneurysmal Lesions in Behcet’s Disease
Table 2
Demographic and clinical characteristics of BD patients with and without aneurysmal lesions.
Clinical features
Aneurysmal group ()
Nonaneurysmal group ()
value
Age at registration (years)
0.788
Gender (male (%))
56 (81.2%)
168 (81.2%)
1.000
Oral ulceration
69 (100%)
207 (100%)
NA
Genital ulceration
48 (69.6%)
147 (71%)
0.819
Pseudofolliculitis
21 (30.4%)
78 (37.7%)
0.277
Erythema nodosum
31 (44.9%)
85 (41.1%)
0.573
Pathergy reaction
31 (44.9%)
38 (18.4%)
<0.001
Ocular involvement
10 (14.5%)
57 (27.5%)
0.032
Gastrointestinal involvement
8 (11.6%)
52 (25.1%)
0.018
Arterial stenosis or occlusion#
26 (37.7%)
3 (1.4%)
<0.001
Arterial thrombosis
9 (13.0%)
5 (2.4%)
0.002
Venous involvement
26 (37.7%)
37 (17.9%)
0.001
Venous thrombosis
21 (30.4%)
37 (17.9%)
0.027
CNS involvement
4 (5.8%)
11 (5.3%)
1.000
BDCAF2006 score
0.151
ESR
<0.001
CRP, median (range)
32.2 (0.2-168.9)
6.3 (0.1-239.6)
<0.001
NA: not applied. #The sequentially preferential location of arterial stenosis or occlusion included subclavian artery, external iliac artery, celiac truck and coronary artery. The sequentially preferential location of venous thrombosis included superficial femoral vein, popliteal vein, common femoral vein, and posterior tibial vein.
