Vasculitis & polymyalgia rheumatica
Clinical characteristics and predictors for cardiovascular system involvement in patients with Behçet's disease
Authors' conclusion
Cardiovascular involvement in BD is not at all rare, however, it is often underreported due to a lack of specificity.
Study context
- Population
- Behçet's Disease (BD) patients, Shenzhen People's Hospital, China, January 2000 to December 2021
- Participants
- 95 patients
- Exposure
- BD with vs without cardiovascular system involvement
- With cardiovascular involvementn = 32
- Without cardiovascular involvementn = 63reference
- Outcome
- Factors related to cardiovascular involvement in BD (risk model)
Methodological detailssingle-centre, binary logistic regression
- Single-centre
- Binary logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Independent risk factors for BD with cardiovascular system involvement (binary logistic regression)
Odds ratio (95% CI)P value
Ascending aortic widening
1.277(1.09–1.495)
P = 0.002History of hypertension
11.578(1.308–102.639)
P = 0.028Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Genital ulcers
P = 0.035
Male sex, hypertension and longer disease duration
- More likely to have cardiovascular involvement
- P < 0.05
Original publication
Clinical characteristics and predictors for cardiovascular system involvement in patients with Behçet's disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 4 June 2022. doi:10.
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