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Table 5 Comparison between the studied groups according to drugs

From: Neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus in a cohort of Egyptian patients

Drugs

Group I (n = 68)

Group II (n = 66)

p

Steroids (mg/day)

 < 20

23 (33.8%)

18 (27.3%)

 

 20–40

38 (55.9%)

40 (60.6%)

0.705

 > 40

7 (10.3%)

8 (12.1%)

 

Pulse steroid

35 (51.5%)

30 (45.5%)

0.486

Anti-malarials

59 (86.8%)

54 (81.8%)

0.431

Azathioprine

50 (73.5%)

49 (74.2%)

0.925

Mycophenolate mofetil

8 (11.8%)

6 (9.1%)

0.613

Cyclophosphamide

21 (30.9%)

20 (30.3%)

0.942

  1. χ2: Chi square test
  2. p: p value for comparing between the studied groups