Table 1.

Showing the most recent liver parameters at the time of initiation of steroid therapy (Pre-steroids), 4 weeks on steroids (week 4), and 2 weeks after steroids were completely tapered off

	Pre-steroids	week 4	2 weeks post-steroids
TP g\L	58	58	56
ALB g\L	39.9	42.2	40.6
ALP U\L	399	354	274
AST U\L	211	56	39
ALT U\L	160	63	38
GGT U\L	315	126	57
TBIL umol\L	166 (9.7 mg\dl)	18 (1 mg\dl)	12 (0.7 mg\dl)
DBIL umol\L	154 (9 mg\dl)	10 (0.5 mg\dl)	8 (0.4 mg\dl)

TP Total protein, ALB Albumin, ALP Alkaline phosphatase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, GGT Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, TBIL Total bilirubin, DBIL Direct bilirubin