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Table 5 Association of severity level of BD with clinical picture of BD

From: Expression of miR-146a and miR-155 in Egyptian patients with Behçet’s disease: clinical significance and relationship with disease activity

 

Severity

 

Mild/moderate

Severe

P value

% (total no. = 13)

% (total no. = 46)

Mouth ulceration

22% (no. = 13)

78% (no. = 46)

No p-value because of small number of cases within groups

Genital ulceration

22.2% (no. = 12)

77.8% (no. = 42)

1

Skin pustules

26.9% (no. = 7)

73.1% (no. = 19)

0.387

Joint arthalgia

25% (no. = 2)

75% (no. = 6)

0.806

Joint arthritis

25% (no. = 2)

75% (no. = 6)

0.806

Eye involvement

18.9% (no. = 7)

81.1% (no. = 30)

0.512

Nervous sys involvement

20% (no. = 2)

80% (no. = 8)

0.889

Vascular involvement

Venous

30.8% (no. = 8)

69.2% (no. = 18)

0.134

Arterial

0% (no. = 0)

100% (no. = 10)

0.068

Pulmonary

38.4% (no. = 5)

10.6 % (no. = 5)

0.017