Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients

Characteristic	Methyl-Pd arm (n = 39)	IVIg arm (n = 38)	p value
Age, yr	41.0 (16–83)	44.5 (17–81)	0.229
Sex			0.037
Male	7 (17.9)	15 (39.5)
Female	32 (81.2)	23 (60.5)
Follow-up duration, mon	121 (12–254)	63 (6–109)	0.002
Pretreatment platelet count, /µL	4,846 ± 4,788	4,368 ± 3,773	0.629

Values are presented as median (range), number (%), or mean ± SD.

Methyl-Pd, methylprednisolone; IVIg, intravenous immune globulin.