Gender Differences in Behçet’s Disease Associated Uveitis

Table 1

Behçet’s disease and gender differences in clinical manifestations.

Clinical findings	Incidence/prevalence	Severity*
Mucocutaneous lesions	Erythema nodosum more common in females; Papulopustular lesions more common in males	Comparable
Oral ulcers	More in females	Comparable
Genital ulcers	More in females	More severe in females
Skin pathergy test	More in males	Comparable
Arthritis and arthralgia	More in females**	Comparable
Vascular involvement	More in males	More severe in males
Central nervous system involvement	More in males	More severe in males
Gastrointestinal manifestation	Comparable	Comparable
Uveitis	More in males (anterior uveitis is more common in women; panuveitis is   more common in men)	More severe in males

∗Comparable indicates that the severity of these clinical manifestations were not significantly different in most studies.
∗∗Some studies indicated arthritis to be more common in females while others showed comparable incidence.