BS patients with NBS | BS patients without NBS | Healthy controls | P value | |
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(n=16) | (n=40) | (n=30) | ||
Male/female | 12/4 | 24/16 | 17/13 | |
Age (years), mean ± SD | 36±8.3 | 33±6.2 | 35.76±9.6 | |
VitB12 (pg/mL), median (min–max) | 133.5 (67.7–1153) | 118.9 (67.7–1915) | 171.3 (69–1600) | NS |
Hcy (μmol/L), median (min–max) | 19.8 (8–80) | 21.2 (8.2–80) | 24 (6.3–80) | NS |
MMA (ng/mL), median (min–max) | 10.1 (3.2–48) | 12.1 (5.9–48) | 15.9 (4.7–48) | P=0.02*** |
* Patients with NBS whom also had uveitis were not included in this group.
** Patients with NBS whom also had vascular NBS were not included in this group.
↵*** p value was 0.01 in Mann-Whitney U test for the comparison of BS patients with NBS and healthy controls. p value was 0.05 for the comparison of BS patients without NBS and healthy controls. The was no significant difference between patients with and without NBS (p>0.05).