Table 2b.

Descriptive statistics for Mann–Whitney U-tests

Variable	Group			Statistics
Age	Case	Mean		47.09
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	40.38
			Upper bound	53.80
		Median		50
		Standard deviation		15.13
		Minimum		20
		Maximum		79
	Control	Mean		51.45
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	42.82
			Upper bound	60.09
		Median		53
		Standard deviation		12.86
		Minimum		34
		Maximum		77
Duration	Case	Mean		9.73
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	6.12
			Upper bound	13.33
		Median		7.5
		Standard deviation		8.13
		Minimum		1
		Maximum		30
	Control	Mean		15.91
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	8.00
			Upper bound	23.82
		Median		10
		Standard deviation		11.78
		Minimum		3
		Maximum		38
Prednisone (mg)	Case	Mean		5.62
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	3.96
			Upper bound	7.29
		Median		5
		Standard deviation		3.75
		Minimum		0
		Maximum		13.75
	Control	Mean		0.91
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	−0.22
			Upper bound	2.04
		Median		0
		Standard deviation		1.69
		Minimum		0
		Maximum		5
AST/ULN ratio	Case	Mean		0.94
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	0.84
			Upper bound	1.03
		Median		0.97
		Standard deviation		0.21
		Minimum		0.52
		Maximum		1.46
	Control	Mean		0.66
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	0.53
			Upper bound	0.79
		Median		0.72
		Standard deviation		0.20
		Minimum		0.29
		Maximum		0.97
ALT/ULN ratio	Case	Mean		0.76
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	0.66
			Upper bound	0.85
		Median		0.71
		Standard deviation		0.22
		Minimum		0.41
		Maximum		1.23
	Control	Mean		0.44
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	0.31
			Upper bound	0.58
		Median		0.45
		Standard deviation		0.20
		Minimum		0.18
		Maximum		0.81
SRRS	Case	Mean		239.31
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	192.21
			Upper bound	286.42
		Median		232
		Standard deviation		106.23
		Minimum		56
		Maximum		430
	Control	Mean		152.55
		95% CI for mean	Lower bound	66.71
			Upper bound	238.38
		Median		130
		Standard deviation		127.77
		Minimum		0
		Maximum		426