Glucocorticosteroids			Placebo/no intervention
	Mean	SD	Number of participants	Mean	SD	Number of participants
Percentage of normal
Campra 1973	77.5	2.5	36	83.1	2	31
Ramond 1992	48	0.5	32	45	0.5	29
At the end of treatment
Maddrey 1978	14	0.5	23	15.5	0.9	27
Theodossi 1982	13	‐	28	10	‐	32
Carithers 1989	15.5	1.25	36	16.25	1	31
SD = standard deviation ‐ = SD data not reported