Demographic features and the frequency and regional distribution of skin lesions in study groups. Results are given as mean (SD)
| BS1-150and arthritis (n=44) | BS without arthritis (n=42) | Rheumatoid arthritis (n=21) | Healthy controls (n=33) | p Value | |
| Male/female (n) | 32/12 | 31/11 | 5/16 | 28/5 | |
| Age (years) | 37.8 (8.9) | 35.5 (6.4) | 48.8 (14) | 40.1 (8.1) | <0.05 |
| Disease duration (years) | 5.6 (1.6) | 4.7 (1.2) | 3.2 (2.1) | — | NS |
| Overall | |||||
| Comedone | 1.11 (1.4) | 1.26 (1.8) | 1.14 (1.7) | 0.97 (1.5) | NS |
| Papule | 1.27 (1.3) | 0.6 (0.8) | 0.7 (1.6) | 0.91 (1.1) | 0.0037 |
| Pustule | 1.3 (1.3) | 0.48 (0.6) | 0.14 (0.4) | 0.12 (0.4) | <0.0001 |
| Face | |||||
| Comedone | 0.91 (1.1) | 1.06 (1.7) | 1.14 (1.7) | 0.7 (1.4) | NS |
| Papule | 0.98 (1.3) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.33 (0.9) | 0.06 (0.2) | 0.0001 |
| Pustule | 0.45 (0.9) | 0.19 (0.5) | 0.05 (0.2) | 0.01 (0.1) | 0.0004 |
| Back | |||||
| Comedone | 0.20 (0.5) | 0.21 (0.5) | 0.01 (0.1) | 0.33 (0.9) | NS |
| Papule | 0.98 (1.3) | 0.45 (0.7) | 0.33 (1.1) | 0.15 (1.1) | 0.0038 |
| Pustule | 0.95 (1.2) | 0.19 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.12 (0.4) | <0.0001 |
| Chest | |||||
| Comedone | 0.23 (0.8) | 0.14 (0.8) | 0.01 (0.1) | 0.21 (0.9) | NS |
| Papule | 0.32 (0.7) | 0.12 (0.3) | 0.01 (0.1) | 0.06 (0.2) | 0.0067 |
| Pustule | 0.43 (0.9) | 0.17 (0.4) | 0.01 (0.1) | 0.01 (0.1) | 0.0002 |
↵1-150 BS = Behçet's syndrome.
1-151 p Values indicate the difference among study groups: p<0.05 indicates that the group with the highest value had a significantly increased number of lesions compared with the other groups. (Kruskal-Wallis—one way analysis of variance).