Table 3.
Outcomes, stratified by prednisone use or presence of diabetes*
| Never prednisone n=264 | Ever prednisone n=240 | P value | |||
| Glucose over time, mean (SD) | 5.7 | (1.8) | 5.7 | (1.4) | 0.05 |
| Patients with hyperglycaemia, % | 45 | 47 | 0.72 | ||
| Diabetes development, % | 6.1 | 6.3 | 1.00 | ||
| No diabetes n=473 | Diabetes n=31 | P value | |||
| Glucose over time, mean (SD) | 5.5 | (1.4) | 8.1 | (3.3) | <0.001 |
| Patients with hyperglycaemia, % | 43 | 94 | <0.001 | ||
| Mean DAS (SD) over time | 1.9 | (1.1) | 2.1 | (1.1) | 0.03 |
*Comparisons were tested with t-tests, Mann-Whitney U tests or Fisher’s exact tests, as appropriate.
DAS, Disease Activity Score.