Fig. 2.

Trends in muscle enzymes in study participants. Creatine kinase (CK) decreased from 1574 U/L (±269) at baseline to 1047 U/L (±171) at the end of 24 weeks of weekly prednisone (n = 17, p = 0.009). ALT decreased from 71 (±14) to 54 (±8) U/L (n = 17, p = 0.018). AST decreased from 53 (±9) to 38 (±5) U/L (n = 17, p = 0.001). Alkaline Phosphatase decreased from 66 (±6.6) to 59 (±4) U/L (n = 17, p = 0.032). Histograms depict single values and mean +/- SEM; ^*P < 0.05 vs baseline; paired t-test, nonparametric, Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test.