The Effects of Bromocriptine on Preventing Postpartum Flare in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients from South China

Table 4

Cumulative doses of corticosteroid and immunosuppressive agents for SLE in 12 months after delivery.

Medicines	Treatment group ()	Control group ()
Prednisone (g, mean ± SD)	3.92 ± 1.81	8.78 ± 3.84	<0.001
Cyclophosphamide (g, mean ± SD)	1.57 ± 0.91	4.32 ± 2.03	<0.001
Methotrexate (mg, mean ± SD)	99.28 ± 41.25	93.72 ± 42.01	0.39
Azathioprine (g, mean ± SD)	3.42 ± 1.90	3.27 ± 1.74	0.82