Research Article

The Role of Fecal Calprotectin in Evaluating Intestinal Involvement of Behçet’s Disease

Table 2

Comparison of inflammatory markers in the patient group according to intestinal involvement.

VariablePatients with BD with GI involvementBD without GI involvementp value

WBC, (mm3)7120 ± 18956800 ± 15780.146
ESR, mm/hour15 (2–64)6 (2–12)0.696
CRP, mg/dL0.387 (0.01–4.2)0.21 (0.01–0.20)0.190
Fecal calprotectin μg/g48 (33–770)18 (8–30)0.010

Non-normally distributed parameters with “” sign are expressed as median (minimum–maximum).
WBC: white blood cell, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and CRP: C-reactive protein.