Table 3.

Comparison of the groups according to the demographic data and biochemical measures

	TA (n = 12)	BD (n = 11)	Healthy subjects (n = 16)	p values
Age, years	32.7± 6.5 (30.0)	31.9 ± 8.5 (30.0)	33.6 ± 9.0 (31.5)	0.866
Female	10 (83.3)	7 (63.6)	9 (56.2)	0.799
Smoking	2 (16.7)	2 (18.2)	4 (25.0)	0.893
ESR, mm/h	20.7± 14.9 (16.5)	15.6 ± 12.6 (10.0)	9.1 ± 3.7 (8.5)	0.028
CRP, mg/L	5.1± 3.5 (3.9)	7.3 ± 10.6 (3.0)	1.0 ± 0.3 (1.0)	<0.001
EPCs, cells/pL	4.25± 2.56 (4.0)	2.27 ± 2.0 (2.0)	2.12 ± 1.2 (2.0)	0.015
Disease duration, months	73.7± 67.2 (60.5)	31.1 ± 19.7 (40.0)	–	0.056

Data are presented as means ± SD (median) or n (%). TA, Takamatsu arteritis; BD, Behçet disease.