Table 2.
Comparison of the cytomorphometric parameters and the presence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) in Behçet's disease and control groups.
| Cytomorphometric parameters Median (range) |
Behçet's disease group (n = 30) | Control group (n = 30) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear area (µm2) | 143.5 (13.9–697.4) |
369.2 (53.4–998.5) |
<0.001† |
| Cytoplasmic area (µm2) | 5734.1 (1461.4–9968.7) |
13688.5 (4093.8–44469.3) |
<0.001† |
| Nucleus/cytoplasm ratio | 0.03 (0.005–0.11) |
0.03 (0.004–0.12) |
0.475† |
| NRF∗ | 0.94 (0.70–0.98) |
0.89 (0.38–0.98) |
<0.001† |
| NL (µm)∗∗ | 16.1 (4.5–35.5) |
26.8 (9.9–46.2) |
<0.001† |
| NW (µm)∗∗∗ | 12.0 (4.3–26.2) |
19.2 (6.3–35.8) |
<0.001† |
| NP (µm)∗∗∗∗ | 44.3 (13.5–83.3) |
72.3 (26.8–122.1) |
<0.001† |
| PMNL | |||
| Present | 3 | 9 | 0.53‡ |
| Absent | 27 | 21 |
∗Nuclear roundness factor, ∗∗nuclear length, ∗∗∗nuclear width, ∗∗∗∗nuclear perimeter, ‡Pearson chi-squared test, and †Mann-Whitney U test.