Table 4 Relationship between corticosteroid use and incidence of immediate side effects stratified by the presence of neurological signs
Use of corticosteroids | Presence of neurological signs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Â | Yes | Â | |||||
No | Yes | Total | p-valuea | No | Yes | Total | p-valuea | |
Incidence of immediate side effects | Â | Â | Â | 0.35 | Â | Â | Â | 0.014 |
 No | 280 (97.6%) | 72 (100%) | 352 (98.1%) |  | 11 (68.8%) | 60 (93.8%) | 71 (88.8%) |  |
 Yes | 7 (2.4%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (1.9%) |  | 5 (31.2%) | 4 (6.2%) | 9 (11.2%) |  |