Research Article

The Clinical Features, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Aneurysmal Lesions in Behcet’s Disease

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate analysis of clinical and laboratory findings for 69 BD patients with aneurysmal lesions and 207 controls.

Univariate (unadjusted)Multivariate (adjusted)
OR (95% CI) valueOR (95% CI) value

Pathergy reaction3.63 (2.01-6.55)<0.0013.78 (1.70-8.41)0.001
Ocular involvement0.45 (0.21-0.93)0.032NSNS
Gastrointestinal involvement0.39 (0.18-0.87)0.022NSNS
Arterial stenosis or occlusion41.12 (11.90-142.01)<0.00144.12 (11.56-168.35)<0.001
Arterial thrombosis6.06 (1.96-18.77)0.0029.27 (2.33-36.93)0.002
Venous involvement2.78 (1.52-5.08)0.0011.78 (0.76-4.15)0.182
 Venous thrombosis2.01 (1.08-3.75)0.028NSNS
ESR1.03 (1.01-1.04)<0.0011.02 (1.00-1.04)0.069
CRP, median (range)1.02 (1.01-1.03)<0.0011.01 (0.99-1.02)0.25

OR: odds ratio; NS: not selected.