Table 1 Characteristics of Behçet’s disease (BD) patients and healthy controls
From: Increased expression of the NLRP3 inflammasome components in patients with Behçet’s disease
Demographics | Active BD | Inactive BD | Healthy control |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean ± SD) | 41.86 ± 7.54 | 43.6 ± 8.04 | 38.93 ± 6.94 |
Sex (male:female) | 6:9 | 7:8 | 7:8 |
Clinical characteristics of BD patients | Case number (%) | ||
Major symptoms | |||
Oral ulcer | 15 (100) | ||
Genital ulcer | 10 (67) | ||
Skin lesion | 10 (67) | ||
Ocular lesion | 4 (27) | ||
Minor symptoms | |||
Arthritis | 2 (13) | ||
GI involvement | 1 (7) | ||
Epididymitis | 0 | ||
Cardiovascular | 1 (7) | ||
CNS involvement | 1 (7) | ||
Medication | |||
Immunosuppressive agenta | 6 (40) | 0 (0) | |
Anti-inflammatory drugsb | 9 (60) | 7 (46) |