Table 1 Disease and steroid treatment characteristics of the patient group
Patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | |||
Severity of disease | Mild | 14 (34.1) | |
Moderate | 16 (39.0) | ||
Severe | 11 (26.8) | ||
Median | IQR | ||
Age at diagnosis (ys) | 3.50 | 1.90 | |
Duration of illness (ys) | 3.00 | 4.60 | |
Total duration of steroid medication (months) | 31.00 | 44.00 | |
Present methylprednisolone dose (mg/kg/day)* | 0.16 | 0.19 | |
Duration of present dose (days)** | 38.00 | 99.00 | |