Table 1. Characteristics of the patients and controls from cohorts I and II.

Abbreviations: BU: birdshot uveitis, AU: HLA-B27-associated anterior uveitis, HC: healthy control, IU: idiopathic intermediate uveitis, n.a.: not applicable, *Fisher’s exact test, **ANOVA, ***Kruskal–Wallis.

Cohort I	AU	IU	BU	HC	p value
N	10	5	8	13	Total = 36
Male/female	2/8	3/2	5/3	5/8	0.26*
Age in years; mean ± SD	45 ± 16	30 ± 9	42 ± 10	42 ± 13	0.24***
Disease duration in years; median (range)	8.1 (0.2–22.3)	3.4 (0.4–14.1)	0.9 (0.2–19.9)	n.a.	0.36**
Cohort II	AU	IU	BU	HC	p value
N	9	9	10	14	Total = 42
Male/female	3/6	2/7	4/6	6/8	0.8790*
Age in years; mean ± SD	47 ± 17	39 ± 14	52 ± 13	39 ± 10	0.06***
Disease duration in years; median (range)	5.8 (0.1–39.3)	3.7 (0.2–20.0)	1.3 (0.2–15.1)	n.a.	0.14**