Research Article

Effect of Glucocorticoid Administration in Intravenous Pulses on Selected Parameters of the Coagulation System

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study and control groups.

VariableStudy groupMultiple sclerosisThyroid orbitopathySudden hearing lossControl group

Number of patients4810172120
Women/men29/198/215/26/1510/10
Median age (Q1–Q3)57.00 (17–77)44.00 (23–63)60.00 (33–77)55.00 (19–68)44.00 (24–67)
Mean BMI (SD)27.25 (4.48)25.71 (4.86)28.02 (4.91)27.36 (4.21)25.49 (3.60)
Mean Padua scale (SD)0.46 (0.82)0.80 (1.23)0.41 (0.62)0.33 (0.73)0.23 (0.43)

BMI = body mass index (kg/m2).