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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2021 Jul 12;16(10):1759–1764. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.06.024

Figure 2. Side effects of systemic steroids.

Figure 2.

A. The proportion of patients who experienced each outcome and the most likely cause of death 90 days after the start of the second immunosuppressant. B. Side effects of systemic steroids reported by patients who received treatment for at least 30 days (n=31). Overall 90% experienced a side effect. The most common side effects were altered mood/ sleep (52%), increase in body mass index (BMI) of greater than 1 kg/m2 (45%), infection (32%), myopathy (26%), and dyspepsia (23%). * Other side effects included hyperglycemia without diabetes (n=3), hypertension (n=2), bruising (n=2), symptomatic compression fracture (n=1), and acne (n=1). Error bars reflect 95% CI estimates of the population proportion.