Proinflammatory Cytokines and C-Reactive Protein in Uveitis Associated with Behçet’s Disease

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of BD patients and normal controls.

Parameters	Normal controls (𝑛=20)	Active BD patients (𝑛=13)	Inactive BD patients (𝑛=24)
Age (years)	40,1 ± 4,7	31,7 ± 6,8	44,9 ± 9,7
Female/male (𝑛)	10/10	6/7	9/15
Anterior uveitis	NA	0/13	4/24
Posterior uveitis	NA	5/13	12/24
Panuveitis	NA	8/13	8/24
Cells in anterior chamber	NA	8/13	0/24
Vitreous cells	NA	13/13	2/24
Retinal vasculitis	NA	10/13	0/24
Oral ulcers*	NA	11/13	2/24
Genital organ ulcers*	NA	9/13	1/24
Erythema nodosum*	NA	4/13	0/24
Arthritis*	NA	2/13	0/24
Visual acuity (logMAR)	ND	0,36 ± 0,30	0,45 ± 0,73

Data are shown as mean ± SD or absolute numbers.
∗Extraocular lesions observed at the time of blood sampling are shown in this table. Patients whose extraocular lesions were negative may have experienced these symptoms during an earlier phase of the disease.
BD: Behçet’s disease; NA: not applicable; ND: not determined.