Clinical Study

Homocysteine May Involve in the Pathogenesis of Behcet's Disease by Inducing Inflammation

Table 5

The significance of the association of CRP with versus without individual clinical manifestations and pathergy reaction.

CRP levels (mg/L) in patients withCRP levels (mg/L) in patients without
ManifestationsNo. of patientsMedian(Range)Median(Range)P-values

Oral ulcer3112.4(3–400)8.7(3–43)
Genital ulcer2318(3–100)8.4(3–400)
Ocular lesion1819.25(3–400)8.5(3–68)
Vascular lesion3720.5(3–400)8.4(3–51)
Arthritis/arthralgia258.4(3–400)12.9(3–400)
EN/PPE3112.9(3–400)8.9(3–400)
(+) pathergy3514.8(3–400)8.7(3–400)

by Mann-Whitney U test (statistically significant with versus without clinical manifestations).Data are presented as median values and their individual ranges within parentheses.