Hyperhomocysteinaemia in Behçet's Disease

Table 4

Homocysteine and Behçet’s disease.

Author (year)	Patients/Controls	Homocysteine concentration in BD patients (𝜇mol/L)	Homocysteine concentration in healthy (𝜇mol/L)	𝑃
Aksu et al. (2001) [13]	84/36	11.5±5.3	8.8±3.1	<.01
Er et al. (2002) [15]	43/25	15.83±4.44	7.96±6.3	<.001
Korkmaz et al. (2002) [16]	74/35	16.08±7.5	12.9±6.3	<.03
Houman et al. (2003) [17]	59/59	13.3±6.8	10.9±2.4	<.01
Ates et al. (2003) [18]	45/40	11.3±4.3	9.1±2.5	<.01
Yesilova et al. (2004) [19]	32/20	14.86±4.26	10.78±2.28	<.001
Ozdemir et al. (2004) [20]	31/30	14.5±2.6	9.2±2.8	<.0001
Our study (2005)	54/50	18.07±8.9	11.2±6.5	<.01
Sarican et al. (2007) [21]	64/26	11.7±4.6	8.7±2.8	<.01
Ozcan et al. (2007) [22]	23∗/21	12.0±3.3	10.7±2	<.03

∗Active disease.