Research Article
One-Year Period Prevalence of Oral Aphthous Ulcers and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Behçet’s Disease
Table 1
Characteristics of study participants in the final analysis (
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| | Variable | BD patients | Controls | | (%) | | (%) |
| | Sex | | | | | | Male | 349 | (51.7) | 532 | (48.5) | | Female | 326 | (48.3) | 565 | (51.5) | | Age | | | | | | 20–29 | 22 | (3.3) | 109 | (9.9) | | 30–39 | 62 | (9.2) | 195 | (17.8) | | 40–49 | 112 | (16.6) | 200 | (18.2) | | 50–59 | 183 | (27.1) | 231 | (21.1) | | 60–69 | 212 | (31.4) | 206 | (18.8) | | 70–79 | 84 | (12.4) | 156 | (14.2) | | Disease severity | | | | | | No symptoms | 89 | (13.2) | | | | I | 283 | (41.9) | | | | II | 131 | (19.4) | | | | III | 31 | (4.6) | | | | IV | 91 | (13.5) | | | | V | 17 | (2.5) | | | | Unknown | 33 | (4.9) | | | | Drug treatment | | | | | | Colchicines | 217 | (33.8) | | | | Steroids | 201 | (31.0) | | | | Immunosuppressant | 56 | (8.4) | | | | Other(s) | 152 | (23.3) | | |
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