Endoscopic findings of gastrointestinal involvement in Chinese patients with Behcet’s disease

Table 2 Comparison of symptoms and laboratory findings in Behcet’s disease patients with lower gastrointestinal ulcer(s) and without gastrointestinal lesion n (%)

	BD with lower GI ulcer (n = 20)	BD without GI lesion (n = 96)	P value
Age at diagnosis of intestinal BD (yr)	34.65 ± 14.59	33.63 ± 11.50	0.77
Male (%)	8 (40)	53 (55.2)	-
Duration (mo)	104.30 ± 125.44	88.05 ± 70.13	0.58
Systematic signs
Oral ulcer	20 (100)	96 (100)	1.00
Genital ulcer	16 (80)	69 (72)	0.46
Ocular lesion	0 (0)	27 (28)	< 0.01a
Skin lesion	15 (75)	62 (65)	0.36
Arthralgia	3 (15)	30 (31)	0.10
Epididymitis	0 (0)	1 (1)	0.65
Pathergy test	4 (20)	20 (21)	0.95
Vasculitis	0 (0)	2 (2)	0.52
Central nerve system	0 (0)	1 (1)	0.65
Laboratory findings at diagnosis
CRP (mg/L)	30.34 ± 30.62	12.41 ± 9.18	0.02a
ESR (mm/h)	36.75 ± 22.65	24.04 ± 23.50	0.03a
Albumin (g/L)	38.70 ± 4.00	42.71 ± 6.12	< 0.01a
WBC (109/L)	7.00 ± 2.78	7.46 ± 2.69	0.49
RBC (1012/L)	4.13 ± 0.46	4.62 ± 0.64	0.02a
Hemoglobin (g/L)	117.47 ± 15.11	137.81 ± 18.29	< 0.01a
Platelets (109/L)	249.65 ± 92.49	240.54 ± 73.60	0.63

^aP < 0.05 vs control. BD: Behcet’s disease; CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; WBC: White blood cell count; RBC: Red blood cell count; GI: Gastrointestinal.