Gonca Mumcu, Meral Yay, Ümit Karaçaylı, Aysun Aksoy, Mehmet Nedim Taş, Berkan Armağan, Alper Sarı, Burçin Cansu Bozca, Emre Tekgöz, Duygu Temiz Karadağ, Suade Özlem Badak, Duygu Tecer, Alper Yıldırım, Cemal Bes, Ali Şahin, Eren Erken, Ayse Cefle, Muhammet Çınar, Sedat Yılmaz, Erkan Alpsoy, Ayşe Boyvat, Soner Şenel, Şule Yaşar Bilge, Timuçin Kaşifoğlu, Ömer Karadağ, Kenan Aksu, Gökhan Keser, Fatma Alibaz-Öner, Nevsun İnanç, Tülin Ergun, Haner Direskeneli
The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of age on mucocutaneous activity by using moderation analysis in Behçet's syndrome (BS). In this cross-sectional study, 887 BS patients (female : male, 481:406; mean age, 38.4 ± 10.9 years) followed in 13 tertiary centers in Turkey were included. Mucocutaneous activity was evaluated by using the Mucocutaneous Index (MI) according to sex and disease course. Moderation analysis was performed to test the effect of age on mucocutaneous activity. A moderator variable is a third variable and affects the relationship between independent and outcome variables...
December 2020: Journal of Dermatology