Clinical Study

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

Table 6

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

ESR levels (mm/h) in patients withESR levels (mm/h) in patients without
ManifestationsNo. of patientsMedian(Range)Median(Range)P-values

Oral ulcer3121(2–95)12(2–70)
Genital ulcer2322(2–95)14(2–60)
Ocular lesion1822(2–86)14(2–95)
Vascular lesion3720(2–70)14(2–95)
Arthritis/arthralgia2522(3–60)14(2–95)
EN/PPE3124(2–95)12(2–70)
(+) pathergy3522(2–95)14(3–49)

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