Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 3 The clinical differences between HLA-B51 positive and negative groups

From: Evaluation of HLA-B51 frequency and its relationship with clinical findings in patients with Behçet’s disease: 4-year analysis in a single center

		HLA-B51				p-value
		Positive (n = 60)		Negative (n = 48)
		n	%	n	%
Gender	Female	38	63.33	36	75	0.483
Gender	Male	22	36.67	12	25
Oral ulceration	Present	60	100	48	100	-
Oral ulceration	Absent	0	0	0	0
Genital ulceration	Present	11	18.3	3	6.3	0.083
Genital ulceration	Absent	49	81.7	45	93.7
Positive pathergy test	Present	4	6.7	4	8.3	0.710
Positive pathergy test	Absent	56	93.3	44	91.7
Erythema nodosum	Present	4	6.7	6	12.5	0.159
Erythema nodosum	Absent	56	93.3	42	87.5
Papulopustular eruption	Present	7	11.7	14	29.2	0.083
Papulopustular eruption	Absent	53	88.3	34	70.8
Arthritis	Present	14	23.3	14	29.2	0.399
Arthritis	Absent	46	66.7	34	70.8
Ocular involvement	Present	8	13.3	13	27.1	0.159
Ocular involvement	Absent	52	86.7	35	72.9
Vascular involvement	Present	7	11.7	4	8.3	0.371
Vascular involvement	Absent	53	88.3	44	91.7
Family history	Present	19	31.7	11	22.9	0.229
Family history	Absent	41	68.3	37	77.1

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