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Effect of GI Specialty Care on Initiation of Steroid-Sparing Therapy
| GI Visit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | p | |
| Prolonged corticosteroid use, < 65 (N=1146) |
<0.001 | ||
| Not Escalated | 597 (83.4) | 159 (37.0) | |
| Escalated | 119 (16.6) | 271 (63.0) | |
| Total | 716 (62.5) | 430 (37.5) | |
| Prolonged corticosteroid use, ≥ 65 (N=549) |
<0.001 | ||
| Not Escalated | 429 (94.7) | 54 (56.3) | |
| Escalated | 24 (5.3) | 42 (43.7) | |
| Total | 453 (82.5) | 96 (17.5) | |
