| Glucocorticosteroids | Placebo/no intervention | |||||
| Mean | SD | Number of participants | Mean | SD | Number of participants | |
| Campra 1973 | 62.5 | 3.72 | 22 | 79.2 | 5.83 | 28 |
| Maddrey 1978 | 34.5 | 4 | 23 | 41.7 | 4.1 | 27 |
| Theodossi 1982 | 164.0 | ‐ | 28 | 118 | ‐ | 32 |
| Carithers 1989 | 74.9 | 4.19 | 36 | 119.9 | 7.79 | 31 |
| SD = standard deviation ‐ = SD data not reported | ||||||