Table 2.

Association of early steroid treatment with primary and secondary outcomes

	Treatment (early steroids)	Comparison (no early steroids)	Adjusted odds ratio	95% confidence interval
Primary outcome
Composite of in-hospital mortality, mechanical ventilation, and transfer to ICU level of care	62/219 (28%)	173/716 (24%)	1.1	(0.8, 1.6)
Secondary outcomes
Individual components of primary outcome
In-hospital mortality	48 (22%)	123 (17%)	1.3	(0.9, 1.9)
Transfer to ICU level of care	32 (15%)	101 (14%)	1.3	(0.8, 1.9)
Mechanical ventilation	25 (11%)	64 (9%)	1.7	(1.1, 2.7)
Length of stay ≥ 7 days	93/219 (42%)	317/716 (44%)	0.9	(0.6, 1.2)

Odds ratios were generated from inverse probability of treatment weighted multivariable logistic regression models