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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of 223 BD patients

From: Associations between the HLA-Apolymorphism and the clinical manifestations of Behcet's disease

Gender (M:F)

110:113

Age at diagnosis (years, mean ± SD)

43.1 ± 10.0

Disease duration (years, mean ± SD)

12.8 ± 9.2

Clinical manifestations

n (%)

   Oral ulcer

223 (100)

   Genital ulcer

159 (71.3)

   Skin lesions

180 (80.7)

   Positive pathergy test

94/182 (51.6)

   Uveitis

85 (38.1)

   Retinal vasculitis

10 (4.5)

   Joint involvement

125 (56.1)

   Vascular involvement

33 (14.8)

   Central nervous system involvement

10 (4.5)

HLA-B*51†

81 (36.3)

  1. †HLA-B*51 in controls = 282/1,398 (20.2%); P < 0.0000001; SD, standard deviation.