Table 3.

Between intervention comparison.

Medicine or treatment	Variables	Mean ± SD		P-value
		Dexamethasone	methylprednisolone
Day zero (pre)	Temperature	100.77 ± 1.43	100.66 ± 1.20	0.687
	Oxygen	12.5 ± 4.28	11.8 ± 4.9	0.463
	CRP	139.57 ± 69.6	129.89 ± 71.39	0.516
Day 5 (post)	Temperature	98.9 ± 1.09	98.7 ± 1.03	0.429
	Oxygen	10.34 ± 7.48	7.84 ± 6.44	0.10
	CRP	73.9 ± 56.0	59.07 ± 50.88	0.181

Independent sample t-test.