Authors
Seyedeh Tahereh Faezi, Cheyda Chams-Davatchi, S Zahra Ghodsi, Farhad Shahram, Abdolhadi Nadji, Massoomeh Akhlaghi, Kamran Moradi, Pedram Paragomi, Golnaz Ghazizadeh Esslami, Bahar Sadeghi Abdollahi, Farimah Ashofteh, Fereydoun Davatchi
Publication date
2014/11
Journal
Rheumatology international
Volume
34
Pages
1581-1587
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Description
Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystem disease classified among the vasculitides with various clinical features. Genital aphthosis (GA) is one of the major manifestations of BD. The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of BD patients with GA. A cross-sectional sample of BD patients registered in 37 years was selected. We determined clinical and laboratory features of BD patients with GA (GA cases) and compared them with the patients who never developed GA (non-GA cases). The comparisons were performed by the chi-square test and logistic regression analysis. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95 % confidence intervals were calculated to estimate the precision of ORs. Among 6,935 BD patients, 4,489 cases (64.7 %) were ascribed to GA cases. Male to female ratio (1.11:1.00 vs. 1.48:1.00 OR 0.753, P value <0.001) and mean age of disease onset (OR = 0.9, P value <0.001) were lower in GA …
Scholar articles
ST Faezi, C Chams-Davatchi, SZ Ghodsi, F Shahram… - Rheumatology international, 2014