Table 1.

Survival times (months) of 44 patients with chronic active hepatitis randomised to receive prednisolone or no treatment¹

Prednisolone (n=22)	Control (n=22)
2	2
6	3
12	4
54	7
56†	10
68	22
89	28
96	29
96	32
125*	37
128*	40
131*	41
140*	54
141*	61
143	63
145*	71
146	127*
148*	140*
162*	146*
168	158*
173*	167*
181*	182*

^*Still alive at time of analysis.  

^†Lost to follow up.