Table 1
Patient characteristics
| Behçet's disease | Sarcoidosis | Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease | Idiopathic uveitis | Others | Controls | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of patients | 14 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| Age (year) (mean (SD)) | 47.5 (15.3) | 63.0 (7.5) | 44.6 (17.3) | 44.2 (17.3) | 47.2 (18.4) | 50.2 (15.2) |
| Range | 20–71 | 52–72 | 20–62 | 21–69 | 24–74 | 19–70 |
| Sex (M/F) | 14/2 | 1/7 | 4/1 | 1/8 | 3/2 | 11/8 |
| Extraocular manifestations | 3 (mococutaneous) | 2 (lung) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 (neurological) | ||||||
| Active uveitis/inactive | 7/7 | 6/2 | 4/1 | 6/3 | 5/0 | |
| Anterior/posterior | 4/3 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 3/2 | |
| Medication (oral agents) | ||||||
| Predonisolone (⩽15 mg/day) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Cyclosporine (⩽5 mg/kg/day) | 8 | |||||
| Colchicine | 5 | |||||
| Mizoribine | 1 | |||||
| Aciclovir | 2 |
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↵Others include the following: acute retinal necrosis, n=2; acute anterior uveitis, n=1; Posner–Schlossman syndrome, n=1; iritis associated with diabetes mellitus, n=1.
