Serum Fructosamine, Total Cholesterol, and High-Density Lipoprotein in Children with Asthma during Glucocorticoid Treatment

Table 2

Serum fructosamine, total cholesterol, and HDL during active and placebo/no treatment presented as mean (SEM).

Prednisolone trial	Prednisolone	Placebo	P-value	95% Cl^2
Serum fructosamine/μM^1	252.3 [4.1]	247.3 [3.5]	0.03	0.7 to 9.3
Total cholesterol/mM^1	4.14 [0.16]	4.00 [0.15]	0.09	−0.02 to 0.30
HDL/mM^1	1.43 [0.08]	1.34 [0.07]	0.06	0.00 to 0.17
Budesonide trial	Budesonide	No treatment	P-value	95% CI^2
Serum fructosamine/μM^1	228.1 [3.3]	223.1 [3.2]	0.02	1.0 to 9.1
Total cholesterol/mM^1	3.99 [0.12]	3.97 [0.13]	0.76	−0.17 to 0.23
HDL/mM^1	1.44 [0.08]	1.41 [0.06]	0.42	−0.05 to 0.10