Homocysteine May Involve in the Pathogenesis of Behcet's Disease by Inducing Inflammation
Table 4
The significance of the association of TNF-α with versus without individual
clinical manifestations and pathergy reaction.
TNF-α levels (pg/mL) in patients with
TNF-α levels (pg/mL) in patients without
Manifestations
No. of patients
Median
(Range)
Median
(Range)
P-values
Oral ulcer
31
70
(15–228)
20
(15–150)
Genital ulcer
23
54
(17–228)
21
(15–228)
Ocular lesion
18
99
(30–228)
21
(15–180)
Vascular lesion
37
84
(15–228)
21
(15–145)
Arthritis/arthralgia
25
38
(15–228)
28
(15–228)
EN/PPE
31
45
(15–228)
22
(15–228)
(+) pathergy
35
45
(15–228)
21
(15–228)
by Mann-Whitney U test (statistically
significant with versus without clinical manifestations).Data are presented as
median values and their individual ranges within parentheses.
