Table III.

Demographic and disease characteristics for BD patients with and without cognitive impairment

Parameter	BD with cognitive impairment (n = 15) Mean ±SD	BD without cognitive impairment (n = 25) Mean ±SD	Difference
			t	p
Age [years]	32.14 ±2.97	31.36 ±10.00	–0.66	0.51
Disease duration [years]	6.34 ±2.56	5.12 ±1.44	–0.78	0.44
Education [years]	8.34 ±2.45	10.12 ±3.24	0.44	0.67
BDCAF	10.81 ±6.23	9.56 ±6.13	–0.27	0.80
SCL-90-R for depression	29.56 ±9.67	21.56 ±8.65	–2.68	0.01*
SCL-90-R for anxiety	13.86 ±3.07	10.23 ±2.83	–1.32	0.20
Mean dose of corticosteroids (mg/day)	30.50 ±7.90	19.87 ±3.23	–2.71	0.01*

BDCAF – Behçet’s Disease Current Activity Form, SCL-90-R – Symptom Checklist-90-Revised.

^*p< 0.05 significant difference.