Baseline serum IL-6 and other important baseline data (age, sex, and prednisolone dosage) of the individual patients in each study group
| 2.00 am dose | 7.30 am dose | |||||||
| Age (years) | Sex (M/F) | Dose (mg) |
IL-6 (pg l-1) | Age (years) | Sex (M/F) | Dose (mg) |
IL-6 (pg l-1) | |
| 78 | F | 7.5 | 52 | 77 | F | 7.5 | 90 | |
| 79 | M | 7.5 | 87 | 23 | F | 7.5 | 17 | |
| 52 | F | 7.5 | 28 | 68 | F | 7.5 | 12 | |
| 80 | M | 7.5 | 14 | 85 | F | 7.5 | 99 | |
| 72 | F | 5.0 | 114 | 60 | M | 5.0 | 156 | |
| 69 | F | 5.0 | 40 | 66 | F | 5.0 | 35 | |
| 47 | F | 5.0 | 17 | 54 | M | 5.0 | 13 | |
| 64 | F | 5.0 | 56 | 72 | F | 5.0 | 21 | |
| 51 | F | 5.0 | 40 | 44 | F | 5.0 | 27 | |
| 77 | F | 5.0 | 47 | 71 | M | 5.0 | 14 | |
| 34 | F | 5.0 | 4 | 58 | F | 5.0 | 21 | |
| 43 | F | 5.0 | 10 | 70 | M | 5.0 | 7 | |
| 63 | F | 5.0 | 143 | 90 | F | 5.0 | 69 | |