Fig. 1From: Effect of short-term oral prednisone therapy on blood gene expression: a randomised controlled clinical trialA flow diagram of participants. In study 1, 40 patients were enrolled and were randomised to either prednisone (30 mg/d for 4 days) or control group in a 3: 1 ratio. Participants attended 5 study visits over 5 consecutive days; 28 and 9 patients were included in the final analysis after excluding 2 and 1 patients from prednisone and control groups, respectivelyBack to article page