One-Year Period Prevalence of Oral Aphthous Ulcers and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Behçet’s Disease
Table 2
One-year period prevalence, frequency, and mean total duration of OAUs during the past year in the general population (controls) and BD patients according to sex and age ().
Sex, age
No. BD patientsa/no. controlsa
BD patients
Controls
-value
One-year period prevalence, %
Mean no. OAUs
SD
Mean total duration, day
SD
One-year period prevalence, %
Mean no. OAUs
SD
Mean total duration, day
SD
One-year period prevalence
Mean no. OAUs
Mean total duration
Males
20–29
11/64
81.8
24.4
(30.9)
38.3
(38.6)
54.7
2.8
(4.0)
13.1
(21.7)
0.091
0.043
0.059
30–39
25/93
100.0
32.0
(52.5)
111.0
(104.7)
38.7
1.3
(2.2)
6.5
(14.2)
<0.001
0.007
<0.001
40–49
61/90
90.2
16.1
(47.3)
60.5
(91.0)
25.6
1.1
(2.9)
3.0
(8.5)
<0.001
0.016
<0.001
50–59
102/111
80.4
9.0
(11.8)
47.4
(68.9)
23.4
0.6
(1.6)
2.3
(5.6)
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
60–69
109/110
67.0
10.2
(35.8)
39.7
(68.1)
16.4
0.6
(2.5)
1.6
(4.8)
<0.001
0.006
<0.001
70–79
41/64
73.2
6.2
(10.4)
34.6
(66.3)
15.6
0.3
(0.9)
1.5
(5.9)
<0.001
0.001
0.003
Total
349/532
78.5
12.4
(33.1)
61.7
(77.2)
27.8
1.0
(2.6)
4.2
(11.5)
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
Females
20–29
11/45
100.0
9.6
(9.5)
47.3
(34.2)
51.1
1.7
(2.7)
6.8
(9.5)
0.003
0.021
0.003
30–39
37/102
94.6
9.3
(10.5)
57.2
(63.3)
49.0
1.7
(2.5)
7.6
(14.2)
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
40–49
51/110
94.1
18.9
(52.5)
89.2
(88.8)
41.8
1.5
(2.6)
7.4
(15.6)
<0.001
0.022
<0.001
50–59
81/120
91.4
14.4
(26.5)
65.7
(79.8)
30.8
1.0
(2.4)
4.1
(10.9)
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
60–69
103/96
83.5
8.5
(10.8)
50.0
(75.2)
13.5
0.4
(1.1)
1.5
(5.4)
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
70–79
43/92
88.4
18.2
(40.7)
57.4
(75.6)
25.0
0.7
(1.8)
4.3
(15.0)
<0.001
0.007
<0.001
Total
326/565
89.6
13.0
(29.6)
61.7
(77.2)
34.0
1.1
(2.3)
5.2
(12.7)
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
All BD patients and controls were analyzed, regardless of the 1-year period prevalence of OAUs.
