Figure 1.

Endothelial function in patients with BD and control individuals (cross sectional study). Shown is endothelium-dependent flow mediated dilatation (FMD) at the brachial artery in subgroups of patients with active or inactive Behçet's disease (BD) subdivided according to (a) absence or (b) presence of corticosteroid treatment, and their respective control subgroups. Numbers of patients and significant differences between subgroups (t-test) are shown. Values are expressed as mean ± standard error.