Intercurrent diseases and drug treatments in subgroups
| Intercurrent diseases | Group A (n=88) | Group B (n=72) | Group C (n=228) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % | No | % | No | % | ||||||
| Diabetes | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Angina | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 6 | |||||
| Hypertension | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | |||||
| Bronchiectasis | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Psoriasis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.4 | |||||
| Diverticulitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | |||||
| Asthma | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 9 | |||||
| Osteoporosis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | |||||
| Treatment | |||||||||||
| Prednisolone | 35 | 40 | 36 | 50 | 84 | 37 | |||||
| Penicillamine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||||
| Sulfasalazine | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | |||||
| Gold | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | |||||
| Indometacin | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Hydroxychloroquine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||||
| Chloroquine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Cyclosporin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | |||||
| Azathioprine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |||||
| Diclofenac | 10 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | |||||