Effect of anterior uveitis in Behçet's disease on neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio

Abstract

AIM: To investigate the effect of anterior uveitis in Behçet's disease(BD)on neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio(NLR).METHODS:Retrospective research. The patients who were admitted to Kayseri Training and Research Hospital between 2004-2013 and fulfilled the BD criteria are accepted in the study. The records of 735 patients with BD were screened and 135 of them were taken to the study. Sixty-eight of them had anterior uveitis, the rest(n=67)did not have any ophthalmological pathology. The patients' total blood counts were taken at the same visit that anterior uveitis was noted. Then the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio were calculated.RESULTS:In the anterior uveitis group the mean NLR was 2.55±0.96. In the ophthalmologically normal group it was 1.67±0.50. NLR was determined higher in the anterior uveitis group(PCONCLUSION: The NLR is found higher in the Behçet's disease with anterior uveitis patients when compared with the ophthalmologically normal patients.

Keywords

• Behçet's disease
• anterior uveitis
• neutrophil lymphocyte ratio