The Effects of Alternate-Day Corticosteroids in Autoimmune Disease Patients

Table 1

General characteristics of the patients and classification by diagnosis.

Disease	N	Women	Men	Age range	Middle age
Demographic characteristics
SLE	17	16	1	11–69	42.5 ± 17.04
Sjögren syndrome	10	9	1	60–94	69.8 ± 10.11
Autoimmune thyroid disease	79	67	12	11–72	46.3 ± 15.9