| First cohort study | Second cohort study | ||||
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Variable | Non-Steroid* | Steroid* | P‡ | Non IVIG | IVIG | P‡ |
Number of patients | 208 | 104 | – | 178 | 89 | – |
Acute renal failure —no. (%) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (1.0) | 0.624 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – |
New onset of dialysis —no. (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – |
Heart transplantation—no. (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – |
In hospital death—no. (%) | 27 (13.0) | 13 (12.5) | 0.758 | 10 (5.6) | 5 (5.6) | 0.758 |