Table 2.

Demographics and characteristics of patients with UC who could be followed for 1 year after initiation of steroid use.

Item	n = 399 [ ]: %
Sex
Male	240[60.2]
Female	159[39.8]
Age[years]	36.2 ± 13.1
0–24	75[18.8]
25–64	318[79.7]
65–74	6[1.5]
Medical institution
University hospital	49[12.3]
National/Public hospital	64[16.0]
Clinica	115[28.8]
Other hospitalb	171[42.9]

^aClinic with less than 20 beds.

^bHospital with 20 or more beds other than national/public hospital or university hospital.