Glucocorticosteroids | Placebo/no intervention | |||||
Mean | SD | Number of participants | Mean | SD | Number of participants | |
Campra 1973 | 43.2 | 2.9 | 22 | 63.95 | 6.84 | 28 |
Maddrey 1978 | 64.98 | 4.97 | 24 | 66.69 | 3.69 | 31 |
Depew 1980 | 68.4 | 6.5 | 15 | 136.8 | 11.79 | 13 |
Carithers 1989 | 125 | 8.12 | 36 | 190 | 17.9 | 31 |
Ramond 1992 | 100 | 7.1 | 32 | 150 | 18.8 | 29 |
SD = standard deviation |