Table 3 Comparison between group 1 and group 2 patients as regard to age, gender, consanguinity, disease duration, and family history showing results as p value

Gender^a

F

18 (43.9%)

86 (54.1%)

0.244

M

23 (56.1%)

73 (45.9%)

Consanguinity^a

14 (34.1%)

54 (34.0%)

0.982

Age at time of study (years)^c

Mean ± SD

10.95 ± 3.11

9.73 ± 3.53

0.023

Age at onset of FMF (years)^c

Mean ± SD

3.48 ± 2.27

4.69 ± 2.95

0.031

Age at diagnosis(years)^c

Mean ± SD

5.46 ± 2.65

6.45 ± 3.15

0.113

Disease duration(years)^c

Mean ± SD

7.48 ± 2.88

5.04 ± 3.08

< 0.001

Family history of FMF^a

15 (36.6%)

61 (38.4%)

0.834

Family history of other autoimmune disease^b

4 (9.8%)

22 (13.8%)

0.488

Type of autoimmune disease in the family history^b

SLE

0 (0.0%)

6 (27.3%)

0.788

Rheumatoid arthritis

1 (25.0%)

5 (22.7%)

Rheumatic fever

3 (75.0%)

8 (36.4%)

Type 1 DM

0 (0.0%)

3 (13.6%)