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. 2023 Apr 27;12(9):3149. doi: 10.3390/jcm12093149

Table 4.

Factors associated with cognitive troubles.

Cognitive Trouble
n = 9
No Cognitive Trouble n = 10 p
Man, n (%) 8 (88.9%) 7 (70%) 0.58
Age at study enrollment, years, median [IQR] 38 [30–42] 40 [28.5–55.3] 0.65
Duration of disease, years, median [IQR] 7 [1–8] 8.5 [3.75–32] 0.16
Past use of GC n (%) 1 (11.1) 4 (40) 0.28
Present use of GC n (%) 5 (55.6) 2 (20) 0.11
Past use of IS n (%) 1 (11.1) 2 (20) 0.60
Present use of IS n (%) 4 (44.4) 4 (40) 0.84
N° therapeutic lines, median [IQR] 1 [0–2] 1 [0–1.5] 0.93
Cognitive complaint n (%) 3 (33.3) 1 (10%) 0.30
Abnormal MRI/NBD n (%) 1 (11.1%) 3 (30%) 0.58
BSAS median [IQR] 31 [12.8–42] 7 [1.9–21.8] 0.046

BSAS: Behçet’s Syndrome Activity Score; GC: glucocorticosteroids; IQR: interquartile range; IS: immunosuppressants; MRI: molecular resonance imaging; NBD: neuro-Behçet’s disease.